They didn't actually write "extension cord."
From Euractiv, September 21/22:
Cyprus signs agreement with Greece on ‘world’s longest’ subsea high-voltage cable
Greece and Cyprus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to press ahead with a subsea electric cable linking continental Europe to the East Mediterranean, the energy ministries of the two countries said on Saturday (21 September).
The Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) cable will link transmission networks of Europe to Cyprus in a project costing 1.9 billion euros, and later stretch to Israel.***
On completion, project promoters say it would be “the world’s longest” such high-voltage cable at 1,240 km (770.5 miles) and also the deepest at 3,000 metres....
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