Terna: Public Consultation Launched with the Municipalities in Abruzzo Affected by Adriatic Link Project
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Terna will invest more than €1 billion in the direct current submarine cable linking Abruzzo and the Marche TERNA: PUBLIC CONSULTATION LAUNCHED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IN ABRUZZO AFFECTED BY ADRIATIC LINK PROJECT From 6 to 9 September, Terna will present the project to the municipalities of Montesilvano, Città Sant'Angelo, Cappelle sul Tavo, Spoltore and Cepagatti in the province of Pescara and Silvi in the province of Teramo Rome, 31 August 2021 – Terna, the national transmission system operator, is organising four days to present the Adriatic Link project to the municipalities in Abruzzo which will be affected by the infrastructure and start the Public Consultation in order to collect questions, observations and opinions from citizens and stakeholders. All the meetings, which will be held digitally on the Teams platform, will run from 17.00 to 19.00. First appointment is on Monday 6 September for the municipalities of Cappelle sul Tavo and Montesilvano in the province of Pescara. This will be followed on 7 September by the municipalities of Silvi in the province of Teramo and Città Sant'Angelo in the province of Pescara. On 8 September it will be the turn of Cepagatti in the province of Pescara. The cycle of meetings will end on 9 September in the municipality of Spoltore in the province of Pescara. Terna will invest more than €1 billion in the Adriatic Link, the new undersea direct current power line linking Abruzzo and the Marche, which is part of the National Grid Development Plan, and will involve about 120 direct and satellite companies. The total length of the connection will be of around 270 kilometres, of which 230 km in undersea cable. In both the Marche and Abruzzo regions, the feeding of power flows into the National Transmission Grid will be made possible by a new DC to AC converter substation connected to the landing point via a cable line. For the Abruzzo section of the infrastructure, from the landing point to the converter station, the underground cable will run for about 25 km mainly along existing roads, leaving the environment and landscape unaltered. As for the new converter substation, the idea is to build it near the existing Terna power station in Cepagatti. The possible solutions for substations and underground cables were defined by Terna with the aim of minimising interference with areas of environmental, natural, landscape and archaeological value, avoiding urban areas and those under development while minimising the length of substation links. At the moment, the project is in the consultation and design phase. Since December 2020, Terna has organised more than 80 meetings with regional and municipal administrations, local associations and citizens. Thanks to the shared work, the best design alternatives have been selected and will be the subject of the Public Consultation. From 14 September to 29 October 2021, administrations, citizens and stakeholders can submit their comments by writing to [email protected]. These will be part of the documentation that will be sent to the Ministry of Ecological Transition. Information and updates on the project will be made available on the dedicated page of Terna's website at www.terna.it .