The first submerged high-voltage (400kV) power cable in Greece, linking Peloponnese with Central Greece’s power grid, was laid out in the Rio-Antirrio channel on Monday morning, ANA reports.
The completion of the project “will allow a balanced transmission system and increase the opportunities for renewable energy sources (RES) in the Peloponnese,” Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) president and CEO Manousos Manousakis said. It will also allow the full operation of generator 5 in Megalopolis, he noted, referring to the Public Power Corporation’s facility that was operating on a test basis.
The underwater cable link between Rio and Antirrio serves as a connector in the West Corridor, linking the 400kV network of Megalopolis to the existing power grid of Acheloos River-Distomo, through Patras. The West Corridor, budgeted at a total of 150 million euros, will be concluded by the end of the year.
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