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Prysmian Group to connect Greek Islands

By: Tom Russell 04/09/2018 Prysmian Group

Cables General Grid Interconnectors

Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately €21m by IPTO (Independent Power Transmission Operator), the Transmission System Operator of the Greek electricity system, for two interconnections between the Cyclades islands (Evia, Andros and Tinos), Greece.

The project involves the design, supply and installation, as well as the related land civil work of two turnkey High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cable systems designed to transmit a power of 200 MVA and consisting of 150 kV three core cables with XLPE insulation and double wire armouring and associated fibre optic cable system along a total route of over 18 km (16,5 km submarine and 2 km land) for the interconnection between the four landfalls (Evia – Andros and Andros – Tinos).

The submarine cable system aims to ensure robust, reliable and sustainable power transmission system between the Cyclades islands.

The maximum water depth expected will be in the range of 550m in the link between the islands Evia and Andros.

The submarine cables for the link will be manufactured at Prysmian's Arco Felice plant (Naples). The onshore cables will be produced in Pignataro (Naples). Marine cable laying activities will be performed by the Group’s Giulio Verne cable-laying vessel.

Production of both submarine and onshore will be carried out during 2018-2019. Delivery and commissioning is scheduled for Q3 2019.

This project follows the 2014 contract awarded by IPTO for the submarine interconnection between the island of Syros (Cyclades) and the mainland power transmission System in Lavrion, Greece.

Prysmian has a track record in the development of submarine interconnection projects in the Mediterranean region, such as Italy-Greece, Sardinia-Italian Peninsula (SA.PE.I.), two interconnections between Spain and Morocco, two projects in the Balearic islands (Spanish mainland to Majorca and Ibiza to Majorca), the Cyclades project in Greece, Capri-Torre, Annunziata and Capri-Sorrento in Italy and the Dardanelles link in Turkey.

For more information on subsea cable operations worldwide, click here.

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