“We have 340 sunny days per year, but we’re still not betting on renewable energies in Cyprus,” Georgia Mouskou said as sunlight streamed through her windows.
Faced with her skyrocketing electricity bill, Mouskou said that she wants to “rent a plot” to install solar panels.
Like Mouskou, rising energy costs and environmental concerns have caused residents of the Mediterranean island to see solar power as an obvious option.
In the past year, the number of solar panels increased by 16 percent, the Electricity Authority of Cyprus said.
However, Cyprus is still struggling to increase its use of power from renewable sources.
In 2019, just 13.8