Development of an electrical grid interconnection to link the Cretan and Athenian systems is expected to be completed a year from now, while the project’s commercial launch is slated for mid-2025, following testing, Greek power grid operator IPTO’s chief executive Manos Manousakis has told an Oikonomikos Tahydromos Forum.
Also, two sections of a grid interconnection being developed at the Cyclades islands, one linking Naxos and Santorini, the other Milos, Folegandros and Serifos, are expected to progress at the aforementioned rate, the IPTO chief executive informed the event.
Once the two Cyclades segments are completed, all the Cyclades islands will be interconnected with the Greek mainland.
An interconnection project to link the Dodecanese islands with the mainland is planned to follow. Work is expected to begin with a segment from the Dodecanese to the Peloponnese, though other options are also being considered, the IPTO head noted.
