EU urges Cyprus to hurry up renewable energy permits

The European Commission sent a letter of formal notice to Cyprus on Wednesday, calling on it to speed up its issuing of permission for renewable energy projects.

The letter said Cyprus must “transpose agreed rules to accelerate permitting procedures for renewable energy projects”, making reference to the European Union’s revised renewable energy directive which entered into force in November last year.

Cyprus was one of 26 EU member states to receive such a letter, with only...