A break down of the various procedures and involved organizations for the permitting, financing and installation of renewable energy projects in Cyprus
Date Issued
June 2012
Abstract
This work summarizes the contribution of the Cyprus Energy Agency and the
Cyprus University of Technology to the “Regulatory Frameworks related with Territorial,
Landscape and Energy Planning” in the regions participate in the ENERSCAPES project
in which the Cyprus Energy Agency is a partner. The ENERSCAPES project is cofunded
by the European Regional Development Fund through Transnational Cooperation
Programme MED.
The promotion of RES is described by a two sided coin since it is highly
encouraged by the government on paper through the National Action Plan, however at the
same time causes feelings of dissatisfaction to related stakeholders due to the inability of
the governmental machine to follow pace. The bureaucratic authorization procedures in
Cyprus that an interested RES investor has to experience in order to get the necessary
permissions and/or funding for commercial RES projects suffers; it is lacking
consistency, time bound relevance, user friendliness, and administrative support. The
paper work needed along with the authorities involved construct a multiplicity of subprocesses
that require optimization in order to promote RES.
The European Union is committed to achieve the by now well known target 20-
20-20 by 2020. EU, as a whole, must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, use RES for
20% of its energy needs and reduce its energy consumption by 20%. In the case of
Cyprus, the RES target was set at 13%. In the national Action Plan sectoral targets were
set, however authorization procedure has not yet been simplified. The concept of “One
stop shop” has not been properly implemented in Cyprus.
The current work focuses in documenting and accessing the processes and the
governmental departments and authorities involved in licensing, financing and installing
of a PV park 100 - 150 kW on the ground. The overall procedure has been divided in six
distinct process (from site selection and permitting to connecting the site to the electricity
grid - High resolution diagrams can be found at www.cea.org.cy), each one involving
numerous and complicated sub-procedures. It is the first time that a simple flow-chart has
been designed that will enable investors to follow the various steps that need to be taken
for a successful completed RES project in Cyprus.
Cyprus University of Technology to the “Regulatory Frameworks related with Territorial,
Landscape and Energy Planning” in the regions participate in the ENERSCAPES project
in which the Cyprus Energy Agency is a partner. The ENERSCAPES project is cofunded
by the European Regional Development Fund through Transnational Cooperation
Programme MED.
The promotion of RES is described by a two sided coin since it is highly
encouraged by the government on paper through the National Action Plan, however at the
same time causes feelings of dissatisfaction to related stakeholders due to the inability of
the governmental machine to follow pace. The bureaucratic authorization procedures in
Cyprus that an interested RES investor has to experience in order to get the necessary
permissions and/or funding for commercial RES projects suffers; it is lacking
consistency, time bound relevance, user friendliness, and administrative support. The
paper work needed along with the authorities involved construct a multiplicity of subprocesses
that require optimization in order to promote RES.
The European Union is committed to achieve the by now well known target 20-
20-20 by 2020. EU, as a whole, must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, use RES for
20% of its energy needs and reduce its energy consumption by 20%. In the case of
Cyprus, the RES target was set at 13%. In the national Action Plan sectoral targets were
set, however authorization procedure has not yet been simplified. The concept of “One
stop shop” has not been properly implemented in Cyprus.
The current work focuses in documenting and accessing the processes and the
governmental departments and authorities involved in licensing, financing and installing
of a PV park 100 - 150 kW on the ground. The overall procedure has been divided in six
distinct process (from site selection and permitting to connecting the site to the electricity
grid - High resolution diagrams can be found at www.cea.org.cy), each one involving
numerous and complicated sub-procedures. It is the first time that a simple flow-chart has
been designed that will enable investors to follow the various steps that need to be taken
for a successful completed RES project in Cyprus.
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