In favour of controlled development of renewable energy projects and energy storage facilities by AHK, the Ministry of Energy, according to the competent Minister, Natasha Pilidou, who, however, says that the Ministry's position is that AHK should prepare, as soon as possible, its long-term strategy for the gradual diversification of the organisation's production mix.
Responding to a journalist's question about AKEL's statement, Pileidou said that as they had replied last week to AHK's guilds, "the Ministry of Energy is in favour of the controlled development by AHK of renewable energy projects and energy storage facilities. Our position, however, is that AHK should prepare, as soon as possible, its long-term strategy for the gradual diversification of the organisation's generation mix."
"This strategy", he said, "should be based on a gradual replacement of the existing capacity from conventional fuels with corresponding RES and energy storage capacity, in order to ensure a vital competitive space in the electricity market, while not endangering the security of the electricity system and the sustainability of AHK".
As the Energy Minister noted, "in our letter we had also pointed out that although AHK has secured permits from RAEK to install renewable energy systems with a capacity of 60MW, we are informed that even AHK itself is unable to proceed with the installation of all the aforementioned renewable energy systems, due to the perennial problems in the grid from the lack of the necessary investments to strengthen and upgrade it."
Source: CNA
Contents of this article including associated images are belongs Cyprus Times
Views & opinions expressed are those of the author and/or Cyprus Times
Source
