(ANSA-AFP) - NICOSIA, JUL 19 - Cyprus firm EuroAsia
Interconnector said Wednesday it had awarded French company
Nexans a 1.43 billion euro contract for a submarine electricity
cable to connect the grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel. The
EU-backed high-voltage "electricity highway" is set to run for
1,208 kilometres (751 miles) along the Mediterranean sea floor
at depth of more than 3,000 metres (9,850 feet). Billed as the
world's longest and deepest interconnector project, it aims to
"end the energy isolation" of Cyprus and Israel and connect both
to the European mainland via the Greek island of Crete.
(ANSA-AFP).
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