Under the €35m contract, Alstom will deliver three GIS substations (170kV) to replace small existing power plants on the islands of Mykonos, Paros and Syros.
The Cycladic islands will be directly connected to the Alstom-developed fourth substation in Lavrion in the southeastern coast of Attica, Greece.
The project comprises design and manufacturing of GIS, transformers, reactors, capacitors and agile digital substation automation system.
In addition to reducing the energy cost in the Cycladic islands by connecting the substations to power plants on the mainland, they will sustainably meet energy demand on the Cycladic islands throughout high-demand summer seasons as well as phase out dedicated fuel-powered generation plants on Cycladic islands in line with EU directives.
Alstom West Europe and Africa vice president Armand Pineda said: "Alstom is proud to contribute to this major strategic development, connecting Cycladic islands to mainland Greece as part of the interconnected transmission network of ENTSO-E [1] for sustainable energy transmission. Alstom is dedicated to the development of infrastructure projects for clean energy."
Alstom will manufacture the equipment at its units in Switzerland, France, Finland and Turkey.
Image: Alstom signed a contract with IPTO to connect Greek Cycladic islands to ENTSO-E interconnected network. Photo: courtesy of Theodoros and Athanasios Anagnostopouloi OE.
