Cyprus has seven wind farms, all in the government-controlled areas, with about 170 MW between them: 157.5 MW paid under feed-in tariffs and 12 MW selling on the wholesale market, according to Ministry of Energy figures for April 2026. In 2024, the latest year in the transmission system operator's annual report, they supplied 3.7% of the island's electricity, against 20.1% from solar panels. Here is where they stand, where you can see them and why they do not always turn.

The largest by far is Orites, on the forested hills north-east of Kouklia in the Paphos district, about 20 km east of Paphos: 41 Vestas V90 turbines of 2 MW each, 82 MW in all, spread over the land of Pano Archimandrita, Kouklia, Fasoula and Souskiou. It has generated since 2010 and was officially inaugurated in 2011 as the island's first wind farm, a EUR 170 million project half financed by the European Investment Bank, and the investment firm Ancala Partners has owned it since March 2020. It is also the most contested: it lies inside the Diarizos Valley Special Protection Area for birds, designated in 2007, BirdLife Cyprus has warned of a serious collision risk for vultures, and the European Commission opened an infringement case over its construction.

You can see the Orites turbines up close from a public road. The F612 from Kouklia up to Pano Archimandrita, about 13 km and 20 minutes, runs straight through the wind farm and passes within about 160 metres of a turbine. None of the island's wind farms has a visitor centre or runs public tours, so enjoy them from the road.

The other cluster is in the Larnaca district, along the motorways. Alexigros, 21 Vensys turbines of 1.5 MW (31.5 MW) on the land of Klavdia, Alethriko and Tersefanou, has run since November 2011 and stands about 600 metres from the A5 Larnaca to Limassol motorway at its nearest. Around Agia Anna, off the A2 Nicosia to Larnaca motorway, there are three more: the 20 MW Agia Anna wind farm of Rokas Aeoliki, part of the Iberdrola group (ten 2 MW Gamesa turbines, 2011), about 1.2 km from the A2 where it passes Koshi; the 10.8 MW Koshi wind farm (six Vestas V100 turbines, 2012); and a second 10.8 MW farm, run by T.P. Aeolian Dynamics just south of Agia Anna village (six more V100s, 2015), about 500 metres from the E104 towards Kalo Chorio.

The newest is Kellia, north of Larnaca: three Vestas V150 turbines producing 12 MW, in operation since June 2025. They were built in the state forest next to the Koshi to Pallourokampos bird protection area, and BirdLife Cyprus and Terra Cypria said the company had broken eight of the 12 binding environmental terms; by December 2024 the forestry department and the game and fauna service had issued out-of-court fines of EUR 500 and EUR 2,000, with a further EUR 800 pending. The smallest is Kambi, in the hills of the Nicosia district near Farmakas and Palaichori: three Enercon turbines of 800 kW, 2.4 MW in all, turning since March 2012 at about 1,100 metres.

On a windy day you may still see turbines standing idle. Cyprus is the only EU member state whose grid has no link to another country's, so when supply outruns demand the transmission system operator cuts renewable output: in 2024 the wind farms it controls lost 5.4% of their potential production this way, and all renewables 12.2%, and the operator forecasts 23.5% of potential renewable output lost in 2026. Two fixes are in the works. The operator has licences for 120 MW of batteries at Agia Varvara (Paphos), Kalo Chorio (Larnaca) and Geri (Nicosia), which the energy minister expects by summer 2027, and the Great Sea Interconnector cable to Crete was still at the seabed survey stage in October 2026, with about 60% of the surveys done; its cable maker Nexans has said completion will slip beyond the earlier target of late 2029 or early 2030.

Cyprus' winds are relatively light, according to Aeolian Dynamics, which picked its Vestas V100 turbines for Agia Anna after extensive wind studies. The Vestas V90s at Orites begin generating at a wind speed of 4 m/s, about 14 km/h, and the Gamesa and Vensys machines in the Larnaca district at 3 m/s, while the V90s and the Gamesas shut down at 25 m/s in storms. Over 2024 the wind farms delivered about 15% of the energy they could have produced running flat out all year, after curtailment.

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