A Greek company has announced its local subsidiary had won production licenses to build new windparks in Cyprus, following last week’s EU energy report that showed the island fell short in the area of developing Renewable Energy Sources (RES).
Ch.Rokas ABEE’s subsidiary Rokas Aeoliki Cyprus Ltd will build four new windpower parks in Cyprus, giving a total power of 179.4 MW.
According to reports the €200 million project will be built in two stages.
The first will include the construction of windpower parks to be connected to Cyprus’ existing grid by the end of next year. The second stage will include building windpower parks to be connected to a new grid in the future.
Commenting on the news, Green party activist Roxanne Coudounari said: “We welcome the energy saving aspect provided it has gone through an environmental impact assessment process.”
However Coudounari echoed concerns expressed by Birdlife Cyprus that adopting wind power should not be made at the expense of biodiversity in a bid to halt global warming.
Last month Birdlife Cyprus manager Martin Hellicar told the Sunday Mail millions of birds’ lives were at risk if the location of the turbines was not right, as the would massacre birds who were no good at avoiding them, particularly in bad weather conditions.
“The turbines must not be located in bird flight corridors of migrating birds,” she said.
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“Cyprus must invest in green energy”
Cyprus must turn to green energy to ease pollution issues, House President Marios Garoyian said addressing a seminar organised by the Cyprus Wind Energy Association and the Cyprus Organisation for Standardisation.
The seminar on green energy coincided with Global Wind Day celebrated on June 15 and aims to inform all institutions on the three forms of energy, wind, solar and biomass.
Garoyian said reversing the negative environmental balance and contributing to a new energy environment is undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges of our times.
Renewable sources of energy, he said, create new business opportunities, more positions and guarantee stability while at the same time they upgrade the world climate system.
Cyprus, the House Speaker added, has an abundance of natural elements such as the sun, sea and wind which can make the island a “strong player” in the new energy game, strengthening its economic and political position.
Garoyian said that considering the energy revolution in all developing countries and within the EU, Cyprus is called to take drastic measures to face the destruction of the environment and to stop depending, to the extent that this is possible, on mineral fuels. “Achieving energy autonomy strengthens national independence, guarantees a cleaner environment and upgrades the quality of life”, he added.
Garoyian further said that because of the fines which Cyprus faces due to pollution, it is high time to invest in green applications.
“We must understand that the more green energy we produce, the more we reduce our dependence on mineral sources, strengthening at the same time the economy and improving our quality of life”, he concluded.
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Our ever dependable ally, Greece, has signed a contract to build wind farms in Cyprus.
They are helping us explore sustainable renewable energy which will help us to reduce our dependence on mineral resources, strengthen the economy, improve the Cypriot quality of life, and protect the environment...
