With the help of wind energy, the electricity cuts that had preceded on Friday afternoon, due to a technical fault that occurred in the production system and affected production units in Dekelia and Vassiliko, were stopped. However, energy production is still at a critical point, with the Cyprus Transmission System Operator repeating the call to limit consumption until 22:00.
Speaking to KYPE, the press representative of the DSMC, Hara Kousiappa, stated that the synchronization of the AT/S 4 Generation Unit at the Dekelia Power Station, which was out of order after a technical failure in the Generation System occurred at 5:29 p.m., has been completed.
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This, combined with increased wind generation at this time, led to earlier cuts being halted after a second outage occurred at 18:03, affecting a generating unit at Vassilikos Power Station.< /p>
"But we are limited,", he said, repeating the appeal to the public to limit electricity consumption until 10:00 p.m., in order not to have to make another cuts, as the period between 18:00 and 22:00 is considered peak time, with increased consumption.
Ms Kousiappa noted that it is not yet known when the second fault in the production system, which resulted in the loss of the AT/S Generating Unit 3 in Vassilikos Power Station and which led to alternating forty-minute blackouts throughout Cyprus.
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