Mediterranean Action Plan

III. NATIONAL STUDY
1. Introduction
CYPRUS- III. National Study
This report has been prepared by Dr. Costas Papastavros, with the assistance of
Theodoulos Mesimeris and Nicoletta Kythreotou, Environment Officers in Environment
Service of the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment. The Expert
Service Provider Contract was signed between “Plan Bleu” and “The Consultant” (Dr Costas
Papastavros).
The data presented in this report primarily concern the areas under the effective control of
the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
The main components of the report are:
PART I – The country’s energy situation: indicators and basic data
• Share of the Energy Sector and Institutional Specifications
• Energy Supply, Demand and production: evolution and structure
• Impacts and risks of the observed and forecast evolutions
• Financing and investment needs
PART II – Rational Energy Use (REU)-Renewable Energies (RE): policies, tools,
progress, resulting effects, case studies
• RUE and RE Policies
• Instruments and measures to be taken in favour of RUE and RE
• Energy Efficiency Evolution-decoupling
• Renewable Energy evolution
• Existing or expected effects and benefits of RUE and RE
PART III – Examples of good practice, case studies
• Content of good practice and case studies
• Examples
PART IV – Proposals for more sustainable energy development
• Summary of under exploited RUE and RE
• Proposals for a sustainable energy development
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