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The project will interconnect the electricity grids of the islands of Lesbos and Chios with mainland Greece and will involve the installation of over three hundred wind turbines spread across 28 wind farms on both the mainland and islands, explains the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Greece. According to this source, more than 40% of the investment is earmarked for the interconnection with the mainland: "a project that will involve the construction of a submarine cable network in 2014 to enable it to begin operating three years later, in 2017".

As for the installation of wind farms, the Spanish utility plans to install 150 MW in Chios (capital of the island with the same name), 306 MW in Lesbos and 250 MW in Limnos (a town also located on the island of Chios). According to the official source, the company has already obtained a production license from the RAE (Energy Regulatory Authority), "the agency that has confirmed that Rokas shall be responsible for the interconnection between the northern Aegean and mainland Greece through Larymna facilities (Fthiotida)".

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