Distribution network operator DEDDIE/HEDNO is installing new transformers at existing substations in an effort to exhaust the technical potential of existing infrastructure and boost capacity for new RES connections, primarily solar energy, as well as other technologies.

Over the past few weeks, the operator has been installing additional transformers at existing substation units in northern Greece’s west Macedonia region, as a pilot stage,  energypress sources have informed.

This reinforcement approach cannot be implemented at all substation facilities as some are not big enough to host additional transformers, technical staff at the operator explained.

Once the reinforcement effort has been completed in the west Macedonian region, DEDDIE/HEDNO crews will also begin working on networks in other parts of Greece.