SUBSEA INFRASTR UCTURE
Photo courtesy of Jan De Nul.
Jan De Nul connects Crete to Greek mainland CRETE-PELOPONNESE INTERCONNECTOR
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, THE ISLAND OF CRETE HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO THE GREEK MAINLAND BY MEANS OF A SUBSEA ELECTRICITY LINK. A PROJECT COMMISSIONED BY GRID OPERATOR ADMIE AND AWARDED TO HELLENIC CABLES, IN WHICH JAN DE NUL GROUP INSTALLED THE 135KM LONG CABLE OVER A VERY CHALLENGING SEABED AT UP TO APPROXIMATELY 1,000M IN DEPTH.
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rete planned to connect to the Greek mainland to achieve a more reliable, cheaper, and environmentally-friendly electricity supply. The Crete-Peloponnese Interconnector is also known as the ‘Interconnection of Records’: two submarine AC cables of about 135km each and 42km of underground AC cables on land connect Cretan Chania with Neapoli on the mainland.
Challenging interconnector
Tobias Boderé, Project Manager at Jan De Nul Group, comments, “A challenging seabed
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