Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-08-16

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] New power plant on Rhodes OK'd

[01] New power plant on Rhodes OK'd

Following a positive recommendation by the independent Energy Regulatory Authority, the new plant -- located in Piso Kampos region in the holiday island's south -- will initially burn low-sulphur fuel oil before transferring to natural gas at a later date.

The new unit, expected to be completed by June 1, 2011, is expected to fully cover the island's energy needs, particularly during peak summer power consumption. The electricity peak on Rhodes this past summer reached 193.5M.

"The licence for the 120 MW unit ... ensures the long-term energy planning for the island's electricity needs up until 2020," Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas announced on Thursday, while he noted that following Crete and Rhodes, the government was advancing planning for the long-term energy needs of other large islands, "which comprise the tourism pylons of the country".

Along these lines, he noted that a second Igoumenitsa-Corfu 150KV (northwest Greece) connection line has already been completed, while a similar plan for the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Samos was in the final stages.

At the same time, bourse-listed and state-run PPC was advancing a tender for underwater connections for all of the Cyclades Islands with the Lavrio plant in southeast Attica (the greater Athens area), which was expected to provide a more-or-less permanent solution for the energy needs of the popular Cyclades islands.

Caption: ANA-MPA file photo / K. MAVRONA

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