The HVDC Italy–Greece is a monopolar submarine power cable link between Italy and Greece with a maximum transmission power of 500 megawatts. It went in service in 2001. The HVDC Italy–Greece begins in the static inverter plant Galatina situated at in Italy and is implemented in its first as underground cables. Then it crosses the Ionian Sea as a long submarine cable. It reaches shore just a few kilometres south of Albanian border at , where the long overhead line to Arachthos static inverter station situated at starts. The cathode is implemented as bare copper wire on the Italian site, the anode is installed in a bay in Greece at . Sites See also External links ABB website on HVDC Italy-Greece THE ITALY-GREECE HVDC LINK .pdf Energy infrastructure completed in 2001 HVDC transmission lines Italy-Greece Electric power infrastructure in Italy Electric power infrastructure in Greece Greece–Italy relations 2001 establishments in Italy 2001 establishments in Greece