Enaon EDA plans €61.4m digital upgrade of gas meters by 2028

Gas distribution network operator Enaon EDA has incorporated a 61.4 million-euro investment plan into its new five-year development plan covering 2024 to 2028 to replace conventional natural gas meters with upgraded digital versions.

Enaon EDA, as the new single distribution network operator under the umbrella of the Italian energy group Italgas has been named, plans to install 568,980 smart meters by 2028 for existing and new connections in various parts of Greece.

The 61.4 million-euro upgrade to smart meters is part of the company’s wider 769 million-euro development plan covering 2024 to 2028.

Enaon EDA, according to the company plan, intends to install just over 184,000 smart meters in the wider Athens area, the budget of this initiative worth 22.45 million euros. It also plans to install just under 270,000 smart meters in the Thessaloniki area at a cost of 26 million euros, as well as nearly 115,000 smart meters in the Thessaly region, this segment of the plan budgeted at 11.4 million euros.

Enaon EDA plans €769m in new gas network projects over 5 yrs

Enaon EDA – formerly the gas distributor DEDA – as the new single distribution network operator under the umbrella of the Italian energy group Italgas has been named, has included 769 million euros worth of investments and just over 113,000 new connections in its new five-year development plan covering 2024 to 2028.

The Enaon EDA plan, through which the company aims to further expand the gas distribution network around the country, was forwarded for public consultation yesterday by RAAEY, the Regulatory Authority for Waste, Energy and Water.

Its projects, promising to add 2,625 kilometers of new networks to the country’s gas grid, concern network expansion projects, interconnection projects, network security and reinforcement projects, energy saving projects, digitalization projects and other investments.

Enaon EDA will allot the biggest proportion of the 769 million euros in investments for projects in the wider Athens area, where a sum of 175.2 million euros in investments is planned. Thessaloniki will follow with projects worth a total of 129.1 million euros. Thessaly comes next with investments worth 105.5 million euros.

Enaon Eda: 13 cities to be linked with gas network in ’24

Enaon Eda – formerly the gas distributor DEDA – as the new single distribution network operator under the umbrella of the Italian energy group Italgas has been named, plans to broaden natural gas usage in Greece by expanding the country’s gas distribution network to an additional 13 cities in 2024.

The 13 cities are: Grevena, Giannitsa, Veria, Florina, Kastoria, Argos Orestiko, Amfissa, Alexandreia, all in the north, Orestiada, in the northeast, Ioannina, in the northwest, Livadia and Karpenissi, both in central Greece, as well as western port city Patras.

Work on the distribution network’s development in Patras, an initiative aiming to attract 38,000 new customers in 2024, is already underway.

The effort is set to continue at Grevena, commissioning here planned for March, and will be followed by Florina and Kastoria, Enaon Eda officials informed media yesterday.

The Italian company’s gas network expansion plan for 2024 will entail development of over 650 km in low-pressure pipelines and roughly 50 km in medium-pressure pipelines. In the wider Athens area, alone, an additional 30 km is planned to be added to the city’s gas network this year.

Also, the network’s digitization with the integration of smart meters and advanced technological systems for cyber security are central to the company’s immediate plans.

The Italgas group’s management informed that its strategic plan for Greece will be updated in the summer and include details for 2025.