A joint venture of Hellenic Cables and Asso Subsea has been selected by Terna Energy for the design, manufacturing, supply and installation of a subsea cable to connect the 330MW Kafireas 2 wind farm on the island of Evia to mainland Greece.
Kafireas 2 is located on the southern-most part of the island and will be connected to the national grid at IPTO’s 150kV Lavrion substation.
The link will include approximately 70km of 150kV three-core composite submarine cables and 11km of 150kV single-core underground onshore wires, as well as all accessories, joints, terminations and fittings.
Production of the cables will start soon and the implementation of the project, including the installation and protection of the subsea cable is expected to be completed by June 2022.
The offshore cable will be manufactured at Hellenic Cables’ production facility in Corinth, while onshore cables will be manufactured at its Thiva plant, both located in Greece.
Hellenic Cables chief executive Alexios Alexiou said: “We are very proud that together with Terna Energy, a company that holds a leading position in the sector of renewable energy sources, we are taking one more step along the path of renewables of the energy transition in the country.”
Asso Subsea general manager Alexandros Tziotakis said: “We are delighted for the opportunity to partner with Hellenic Cables and to contribute along with Terna Energy to the effective implementation of another innovative offshore interconnection project of pivotal importance to the Greek energy market.”
Terna Energy chief executive Emmanouel Maragoudakis said: “We are very happy to be cooperating with Hellenic Cables in joint forces with Asso Subsea once again.
“Our collaboration for the interconnection cable of Agios Georgios wind farm to the main grid, the first of its kind in Greece, was a very fruitful one and we expect that this new project will be nothing less.
“The excellent teamwork between our companies as well as the expertise of our teams set the foundations for yet another successful project.”