New Overhead Power Line will Be Built between Bulgaria and Greece

By order of Bulgaria’s Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Valentin Yovev, a detailed development plan for the construction of a new overhead power line on the territory of Bulgaria was approved, the press office of the Ministry said on 12^th of March.

The power transmission line will connect Maritsa East substations in Bulgaria and Nea Santa in Greece.

The project is part of the North-South energy corridor and is designated a national site and a site of national importance.

The line will carry electricity at a high voltage of 400 Kv.

The energy project is an element of the technical infrastructure outside the boundaries of the urbanized territories and will be built on the territories of the municipalities of Simeonovgrad, Haskovo, Harmanli, Kardzhali, Momchilgrad and Kirkovo (South Bulgaria).

The construction of the power line will contribute to the increase of the electricity transmission capacity of the energy system in the region as well as to the security of electricity exchange between the two countries.