Public Gas Distribution Networks SA (DEDA) is currently implementing a plan to extend the gas network to 39 Greek cities, including lignite-producing regions, in order to supply not only households and businesses but also maintain the district heating systems currently provided to residents by the Public Power Corporation’s lignite-fired units, DEDA CEO Marios Tsakas told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
In an interview published on Sunday, Tsakas said the 250-million-euro investment in expanding the network will be frontloaded as it is expected that, in the next two years, the customers for natural gas in Greece that connect to the new networks will correspond to roughly half the natural gas consumers in Attica, where the networks have been under construction for more than 20 years.
The delayed first phase of the plan, originally announced last year, will include a total of 18 cities in Eastern Macedonia-Thrace (Alexandroupolis, Drama, Kavala, Komotini, Xanthi, and Orestiada), Central Macedonia (Alexandria, Veria, Giannitsa, Katerini, Kilkis, and Serres), and Central Greece (Amfissa, Thiva, Karpenissi, Lamia, Livadia, and Halkida).
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