Lithuania–Poland interconnection

Lithuania–Poland interconnection is a planned 1000 MW electricity link between the Baltic transmission system (part of the IPS/UPS system) and the UCTE (Continental Europe) transmission system.

History

In 2000, European Commission and the EBRD made a decision to finance a feasibility study on the Poland–Lithuania transmission interconnection. The study was completed in September 2002.

On 29 September 2006 Poland's President Lech Kaczyński and Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus signed a joint declaration on the project of power grids connection during their meeting in Warsaw. The memorandum of understanding to establish a joint interconnection operator was signed between Lietuvos Energija AB and Polish PSE-Operator S.A. in Vilnius on 8 December 2006. Agreement to establish a joint project company was signed on 12 February 2008 in Warsaw. The joint project company, LitPol Link, was established on 19 May 2008.

Technical features

The interconnection will consist:

• In Lithuania:
• double circuit 330 kV line Kruonis–Alytus
• 1000 MW back-to-back converter in Alytus
• double circuit 400 kV line from Alytus to the Lithuania–Poland border
• In Poland:
• double circuit 400 kV line border–Ełk
• and double circuit 400 kV lines Ełk–Narew and Ełk–Matki

According to the pre-feasibility study the cost of interconnection will be €237 million. In addition, Poland will invest €650 million and Lithuania €262 million to upgrade existing energy infrastructure, including Poland–Germany and Poland–Czech Republic upgrades. Lithuania-Poland interconnection has listed as the EU Trans-European Networks project. The interconnection is expected to be operational by 2012–2015.

Project company

LitPol Link is formed by PSE Operator and Lietuvos Energija by equal stakes. The company is based in Warsaw. The CEO of the company is Vidmantas Jankauskas, former chairman of the Lithuanian National Commission for Prices and Energy.

References

External links

• Lietuvos Energija
• PSE-Operator SA