“The largest Greek island is incorporated into the national energy system, while ending a pending decades.”
At 550m euros per year, the economic benefit for electricity consumers is formed by the completion of electrical interface of Crete with mainland Greecewith the position in operation-from today’s trials-of the large Crete-Attica interconnection.
This was stated by the Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrouspeaking this morning on Open television.
Mr Papastavrou spoke of a “historic day for Greece”, marked by the operation of the Attica-Crete electric interconnection, by the transfer of continuous power electricity through the work made by Ariadne Interconnection, a subsidiary of ADMIE. “
As the minister said, with the electric interconnection of Crete with the mainland, “the largest Greek island is incorporated into the national energy system, while ending a pending decades.” Even highlighting the size of the project, he said that the submarine cables reached depths of up to 1,200 meters, which ranks the project in the deepest interconnections in the world. “It was recorded in a record time by the ADMIE team, his subsidiary, Ariadne, and by the contractors. We’re talking about Brain Drain-we also had Brain Gain, came 30-40 specialized engineers from abroad, “he added.
Mr Papastavrou was particularly in the benefit of the completion of this interconnection, stressing that the non -interconnection of the islands with mainland Greece costs Greeks and Greeks 850m euros every year. With the electric interconnection of Crete and a mainland, consumers all of Greece will benefit. Specifically, there will be savings of EUR 300 million a year, while the financial benefit, combined with the Crete-Peloponnese interconnection (already in operation since 2021), will amount to € 550 million. The next analogous links concern part of the Cyclades, the Dodecanese and the North Aegean.
Finally, on the issue of settlements, the Minister of Environment and Energy emphasized that the legislative developments that are coming would ensure the security of law and the value of the property of the Greeks and the Greeks. “We are processing a regulation that will take into account the legitimacy on the one hand, on the other hand, it will take into account the need to protect the region, to enhance decentralization,” he said.