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Image:
Vasilikos power station |
The
electrical system of the island of Cyprus is a remote and autonomous
system, which depends almost entirely on energy imports given the fact
that the island has no indigenous primary energy resources. The islands
grid presents limited prospects of interconnection to the European
Commission. Therefore the Electricity Production relies entirely on
imported fuels, mainly heavy fuel oil.
Electricity demand
The total electricity consumption in 2002 reaches 3401GWh [6]. About
40% is consumed in the Commercial sector (Tourism and public sector
are included), 34% in the domestic sector and 21% in the industry. By
the analysis of the whole data during the period 1995-2002 is shown
that the average annual growth rate is 6.5%.
Electricity production and consumption (GWh) -
Source: EAC
|
GWh |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
Gross Production |
1319 |
1974 |
2473 |
3370 |
3551 |
3785 |
|
Total Consumption |
887 |
1445 |
2181 |
3011 |
3125 |
3401 |
|
Domestic |
254 |
450 |
759 |
1055 |
1042 |
1157 |
|
Commercial |
324 |
539 |
872 |
1215 |
1290 |
1382 |
|
Industrial |
225 |
341 |
408 |
594 |
648 |
707 |
|
Agriculture |
62 |
91 |
107 |
95 |
93 |
101 |
|
Public Lighting |
22 |
24 |
35 |
53 |
53 |
54 |
Electricity consumption per sector
GWh
4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0
The average annual growth of electricity demand per sector during the
period 19912002 [6] is:
- Domestic → 8%
- Commercial → 9%
- Industry → 7%
- Public lighting → 7%
- Agriculture → 1%
 |
Year 2002 |
In the following table the customers per sector are
presented:
Electricity customers per Sector (Year-End) - Source:
EAC
|
Description |
2001 |
2000 |
Increase % |
|
Domestic Customers |
291.476 |
284.486 |
2,5 |
|
Commercial-Tourism-Public Customers
|
70.250 |
69.512 |
1,1 |
|
Industrial Customers |
9.712 |
9.662 |
0,5 |
|
Agricultural Customers |
8.294 |
7.414 |
11,9 |
|
Street Lighting Customers |
5.720 |
5.421 |
5,5 |
|
Total Customers |
385.452 |
376.495 |
2,4 |
The
conventional installed capacity (thermal units) was 988MW in the end of
2002. The peak load demand was 775MW in 2002 and 689MW in 2001,
represented an annual increase of 12%, while the average annual growth
is 6.6% during the period 1990-2001.
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