Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid has signed an agreement on the design and construction of the 330 kV electricity transmission overhead line Klaipėda – Grobinė. This reconstruction is necessary to implement Lithuania's strategic goal: synchronisation with the Continental European Network.
2020 December 17
TSOs agreed to strengthen cooperation for the future of offshore grid in the Baltic Sea
The TSOs of the Baltic Sea Region responsible for maintaining and developing the transmission systems agreed today to start the preparation work for the establishment of a cooperation for the Baltic Sea offshore grid.
2020 December 14
TSO’s of Baltic Countries and Poland Signed the Grant Agreement for the Second Phase of Synchronisation
Elering, AST, Litgrid and PSE, the electricity transmission system operators (TSOs) of the Baltic countries and Poland, signed the grant agreement today with the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) for the funding of the second phase of the Baltic synchronisation project. € 719.7 million, provided from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), will ensure the smooth implementation of infrastructure projects, allowing Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to start operating in synchronous mode with Poland and other continental European countries by the end of 2025.
2020 November 26
Seabed Survey for the Harmony Link Cable Due to Start
PSE and Litgrid, transmission system operators in Poland and Lithuania, have signed an agreement with the consortium composed of MEWO S.A., Gdynia Maritime University, and Garant Diving UAB for the seabed survey in the Baltic Sea along the route of the planned Harmony Link cable project, which will connect Poland and Lithuania.
2020 November 4
The nine-month results of Litgrid: revenue and profits were up, the electricity transmission system operated reliably, strategic projects are effectively implemented
The Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid has received more revenue and generated more net profit, improved the quality of services and, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, has effectively implemented strategic projects during the three quarters of this year.
2020 October 27
Experts from the Canadian company Teshmont Consultants LP will help develop the Litgrid offshore electricity connection with Poland
Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid has signed an agreement with an independent engineering consulting company Teshmont Consultants LP. The Canadian company's experts will advise on the implementation of the construction of the Lithuanian-Polish submarine high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable Harmony Link, by far the largest investment in the project for synchronization of the Baltic States with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area.
2020 October 19
Regarding the Terms, Conditions and Methodology on Cross-Zonal Capacity Calculation, Provision and Allocation with Russia
Lithuanian transmission system operator Litgrid, together with Latvian transmission system operator AS Augstsprieguma tīkls and Estonian transmission system operator Elering AS, prepared the Terms, Conditions and Methodology on Cross-Zonal Capacity Calculation, Provision and Allocation with Russia (hereinafter - the Methodology) and submitted it for the approval to the respective Baltic regulatory authorities. The draft methodology also assesses the public consultation that took place in 2020. September 25 - 2 October (inclusive), comments and suggestions received in the process.
2020 October 7
Baltic TSOs have commonly prepared Baltic Balancing Market Rules for operation with European mFRR balancing energy exchange platform MARI
The Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 of November 2017 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing (hereinafter - EB Regulation) defines tasks and timeline for the implementation of a European platform for the exchange of balancing energy from frequency restoration reserves with manual activation (hereinafter - mFRR). Elering AS, AS “Augstsprieguma tīkls” and LITGRID AB (hereinafter - Baltic TSOs) participate in the European implementation project for the creation of the European mFRR platform MARI.
2020 October 2
EU granted the largest possible funding to the key second phase projects of the Baltic states‘ synchronization project
On Thursday, October 1st 2020, the coordinating committee of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) of the EU Infrastructure Network decided to allocate the maximum possible support to the key projects of synchronization of the Baltic States with the grid of continental Europe. Following the application of the transmission system operators of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland, € 719.7 million support will ensure the smooth implementation of infrastructure projects and already in 2025 will allow the Baltic States to start operating on the same frequency as Poland and other continental European countries.
