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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Smith in Cyprus

‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating

Boilers and solar panels on flat roofs, with the sea in the distance
Solar thermal panels in Paphos, Cyprus. Photograph: Hernandez Jose Maria/Alamy

The Thriamvos company truck pulls up at noon outside the four-storey building in the heart of Nicosia.

It’s the third rooftop installation of a solar-powered water heating system that Petros Mihali and his assistant, Soteris, have made in the Cypriot capital since their working day began at 7am.

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