On 14 December the new era with Lithuania on the European energy map will start when the heads of Lithuania and neighbouring countries symbolically activate the interconnections LitPol Link and NordBalt.
2015 December 9
During testing, NordBalt and LitPol Link will be prepared to serve for decades
The system tests of the interconnections NordBalt and LitPol Link are going ahead full speed. Because of a complicated high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology, time consuming tests need to be repeated several times.
2015 December 9
LitPol Link starts trial operations
The trial operations of Lithuanian-Polish power interconnection LitPol Link have started today with power transmission from Poland to Lithuania. The trial operations mode is the last phase before starting regular operations of the link.
2015 December 4
First electricity from Poland traded on the market
The supply increased in the Lithuanian bidding area of the Nord Pool Spot. On 1st December Lithuania sold electricity transmitted directly from Poland on the market for the first time. Electricity was supplied through LitPol Link at 150 MW capacity during the tests of interconnection.
2015 November 26
Successful start of LitPol Link tests
Today for the first time in history 50 megawatts of electricity were transmitted from Lithuania to Poland through LitPol Link. This test, as well as other scheduled tests of the new interconnection aim to check it’s preparedness for electricity transmission in both directions between Poland and Lithuania.
2015 November 19
LitPol Link power line energized for the first time
For the first time electricity flowed through the wires of Lithuanian-Polish interconnection LitPol Link. These first tests of power line stretching from Elk to Alytus aimed to check whether the line is ready for power transmission.
2015 November 10
Systems tests of NordBalt not to affect the market participants
In late November 24 thousands Lithuanian consumers of electricity will receive electricity from Sweden for the first time. During a half an hour special test when the Lithuanian electricity system operator Litgrid is planning to verify the NordBalt black-start feature, the residents in Klaipėda and Šilutė districts will be provided with electricity from a single source – the Lithuanian and Swedish interconnector NordBalt.
2015 October 27
70th Anniversary of the Lithuanian power system
Exactly 70 years ago in October, 1945, the Lithuanian power system was put into operation. The operation of generators at the Kaunas and Vilnius power plants was synchronized after a power line connecting the power plants had been installed, and the balance between power generation and consumption was maintained by the central system control centre.
2015 October 16
Litgrid CEO: Better use of the power system – possibilities in our hands
Two power interconnections, the NordBalt and LitPol Link, are to start operating from January and will provide new opportunities for Lithuania to make better use of the power system infrastructure for the attraction of new large consumers, according to Daivis Virbickas, Chairman of the Board and CEO at Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, at the 7th Lithuanian Energy Conference.
2015 October 12
NordBalt to provide more energy security for six million people in the Baltic countries
Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt.
