The head of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO or
The head of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO or ADMIE) on Tuesday reiterated that an ambitious power cable connecting Cyprus with Greece – part of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project – is of “vital importance”, especially for the former, a large island in the east Mediterranean that remains “isolated” in terms of energy connections.
Speaking at a conference in Athens organized by the Kyklos Ideon (Circle of Ideas) think tank, IPTO Managing Director Manousos Manousakis noted that the island republic is the last EU country that’s not connected to the European power grid.
In the face of reported delays, concerns over shared costs – mostly aired over the past summer by the Cypriot side – and “proverbial” saber-rattling and belligerence on the part of Turkey, which claims that the proposed undersea cable passes through its arbitrarily declared EEZ, Manousakis underlined:
“I must say that from the time we undertook the project, both we and the Greek government knew very well that it would not be a walk in the park. We knew very well that Turkey would not congratulate us for the fact that we want to connect Cyprus with the European (power) network, but specifically (first)
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