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2013-02-15 14:03:24 CET 2013-02-15 14:04:23 CET REGULATED INFORMATION LITGRID AB - Notification on material eventLITGRID and ABB signed an agreement for design and construction of LitPol Link HVDC converter stationVilnius, Lithuania, 2013-02-15 14:03 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LITGRID, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, and ABB, the global technology group, have signed an agreement for design and construction of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back converter station with a 400 kV switchyard in Alytus. The value of the contract is 288 million LTL. The board of LITGRID approved the contract. The preliminary value of the LitPol Link project being implemented by Lithuania and Poland is 1.281 billion LTL. The HVDC back-to-back converter station that is the key element in the LitPol Link interconnection will be built next to the Alytus transformer substation. Construction work will begin in spring 2014 and will be completed by December 2015. A high-voltage electricity transmission line will be built, and the Alytus substation's 330 kV switchyard will be remodelled. Operation of the power interconnector will begin in December 2015. According to Virgilijus Poderys, Chief Executive Officer of LITGRID, construction of the HVDC back-to-back converter station is a very important milestone in the implementation of the LitPol Link electricity interconnection project. “The LitPol Link project is now taking on a tangible shape. The unique HVDC back-to-back converter station, first of this type in the Baltic countries, is the major part of the LitPol Link electricity interconnection. For the first time LitPol Link will connect the electricity infrastructure of the Baltic countries and Europe and will enable the integration of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia into the European electricity market,” said Mr. Poderys after the contract was signed. The 500 megawatt HVDC back-to-back converter station, 100 metres in width and 350 metres in length, is a unique device being built to order. Under the agreement ABB will prepare the technical designs for the back-to-back HVDC converter station and switchyard, perform all the necessary research, deliver and install the devices, test them, and launch operations. Litgrid is implementing strategic Lithuanian electricity energy projects of LitPol Link and NordBalt to connect the electricity transmission infrastructure of the three Baltic States and Europe and will create conditions necessary for electricity market integration. By the end of 2015, LitPol Link will begin operating with a capacity of 500 MW, while by 2020 the capacity will be 1000 MW. By the end of 2015 the interconnections to Poland and Sweden will allow to integrate the infrastructure of the Baltic countries electricity system into the European grid and electricity market. Laura Šebekienė Head of Communications Ph. + 370 693 65377, Email: laura.sebekiene@litgrid.eu |
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