Distribution network operator DEDDIE/HEDNO is staging a tender for projects to digitally upgrade and reinforce ten of the network’s substations. The projects are budgeted at 7.16 million euros, including VAT, while bidders face a July 11 deadline, following an extension that has been granted.

More specifically, the project concerns the upgrade of circuits and implementation of a digital communication network at ten 150kV/MT substations.

Project details to be taken on by the winning bidder will range from provision of new digital control and protection units, plus a variety of other equipment, for the upgrade of control and protection panels at power supply units, to system trial runs.

DEDDIE/HEDNO has increased its investments by three-and-a-half times over recent years to upgrade the distribution network and make it more resilient, the operator’s CEO Tasos Manos pointed out in a recent article published by energypress.