The island-wide power outage that occurred around 11 a.m. on Friday, August 2,August 21, 2026.
Christina Papadopoulou, spokesperson for the Cyprus Electricity Authority, told AlphaNews.Live that the problem was caused by a temporary loss of telecommunications between the large photovoltaic parks and the Electricity Distribution Control Center.
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Ms. Papadopoulou also clarified that no malfunction occurred at any of the EAC’s power generation units.
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Meanwhile, members of the Fire Department have been placed on alert due to the island-wide power outage.
As reported to AlphaNews.Live, Fire Department Spokesperson Andreas Kettis, the call centers at fire stations were flooded with calls from citizens trapped in. Calls were particularly high from the districts of Nicosia and Limassol.
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