Benevento – Foggia Line is a 380kV overhead line from Benevento, Campania, Italy, to Foggia, Campania, Italy.

Construction works on the Benevento – Foggia Line started in 2017 and the project was commissioned in 2018.

Description

The Benevento – Foggia Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Terna. The Benevento – Foggia Line is an upgrade line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

Benevento – Foggia Line project development status

The development of the Benevento – Foggia Line project was approved by The Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas in 2017 and the project works were completed in 2018.

About Terna

Terna SpA (Terna) is an electricity transmission system operator (TSO). It operates high-voltage grid and carries out transmission and dispatching of electricity, maintains transmission infrastructure, plans and constructs the grid, and operates grid development projects. The company generates electricity from photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, biomass, hydroelectric and thermoelectric sources. It also offers specialized services to third parties, which are related to systems engineering, operation and maintenance of high- and very-high voltage plants, housing of telecommunications equipment and maintenance services involving optical fiber networks.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.