Mediterranean wannabe gas importer Cyprus has returned to the idea of using a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) some 10 years after an earlier tender was scrapped.

Cyprus’ Natural Gas Public Co (Defa) has been granted government approval to buy LNG to provide gas to power stations controlled by the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC).

Under the new proposal, LNG would be shipped into an FSRU moored off Vasilikos on the country’s central southern coastline.