The HVDC Italy–Greece is a monopolar
submarine power cable
A submarine power cable is a transmission cable for carrying electric power below the surface of the water.[Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...]
and
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
with a maximum transmission power of 500 megawatts. It went in service in 2001.
The HVDC Italy–Greece begins in the
static inverter plant Galatina situated at in Italy and is implemented in its first as underground cables. Then it crosses the
Ionian Sea
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as a long submarine cable. It reaches shore just a few kilometres south of Albanian border at , where the long overhead line to
Arachthos
Arachthos ( el, Άραχθος) is a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an ...
static inverter station situated at starts. The cathode is implemented as bare copper wire on the Italian site, the anode is installed in a bay in Greece at .
Sites
See also
External links
ABB website on HVDC Italy-GreeceTHE ITALY-GREECE HVDC LINK .pdf
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Energy infrastructure completed in 2001
HVDC transmission lines
Italy-Greece
Electric power infrastructure in Italy
Electric power infrastructure in Greece
Greece–Italy relations
2001 establishments in Italy
2001 establishments in Greece