Interconnection of Crete with the Peloponnese
Project:
Cable laying / beach pull
Client:
Jan de Nul / Live Media
Focus:
Overal report / progress
For Live Media Brussels we covered the interconnection of a 135 km long power cable.
The interconnection of Crete with the Peloponnese constitutes the first phase of the interconnection of Crete with the Hellenic Electricity Transmission System (HETS)
The project consists of the construction of 150 kV AC 2×200 MVA interconnection between the island of Crete and peninsula Peloponnese.
The project includes two new submarine cables with the length of 135 km each, upgrades of the existing and construction of new transmission lines, underground cables and substations in the Peloponnese and Crete, static synchronous compensator on Crete. The landing points of the submarine cables are in the Kissamos Bay (Crete) and the Malea peninsula (Peloponnese).
More information about this project can be found here.
