A special ship Topaz Installer has made a second trip into the Baltic Sea to install another 50 kilometre section of a submarine cable which is part of the NordBalt power link to connect Lithuania and Sweden.
2014 May 5
LitPol Link’s construction starts in Alytus
On 5 of May the district of Alytus in Lithuania has officially announced the start of the construction of a power link between Lithuania and Poland, LitPol Link. The construction works will start this year and continue next year. LitPol Link will be put into operation at the end of December 2015.
2014 April 11
NordBalt Cable Laying Begins in the Baltic Sea
On April 11 a special ship that arrived at the Baltic Sea coast early in the morning laid the first meters of submarine cables through the prepared pipes leading towards the Curonian Spit, and began one of the major stages of constructing a 450-kilometre-long international power link – laying the cable across the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
2014 April 7
Power system ready for summer
As the summer season approaches, Lithuanian power plants and power transmission lines are going to undergo scheduled maintenance works. Nine of fourteen power plants will shut down for maintenance at a different time, so the supply of electricity will not be affected: most scheduled maintenance works will be carried out at thermal power plants which do not operate in summer.
2014 April 4
Electricity market development issues - in the hands of experts
Development of the electricity market and its coordination in an effort to create the utmost benefit for electricity market participants and consumers – these are the operating principles that members of the Electricity Market Committee discussed during their first meeting. These specialists and experts involved with the electricity market plan to hold meetings at least four times per year.
2014 March 5
Swedish contractors start working on the construction site of the key facilities of the NordBalt power link
A vacated territory of Klaipėda transformer substation was transferred to the Swedish technology company ABB, which produces and constructs the NordBalt power link and which will shortly start the installation of the direct current converter of the link. The contract with ABB regarding the installation of the NordBalt converters in Lithuania and Sweden was signed at the end of 2010; the contract value amounts to LTL 507 million.
2014 March 4
Electricity Demand Remained Stable; Renewable Resource Production Grew the Most
As much as 15 per cent of the electricity consumed in Lithuania last year, or one sixth of the kilowatt-hours consumed, was produced from renewable resources. Wind energy production increased by a tenth, while electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants grew by about 13 per cent. The volume of generated solar energy grew more than 20 times. A new type of electricity producer using renewable resources also emerged; a power plant in the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone that burns waste supplied 76 million kilowatt-hours of electricity to the grid.
2014 February 3
Litgrid’s reorganised system control centre will facilitate preparation for operational management of the interconnections with Sweden and Poland
In line with Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid’s reorganisation of system management, a single power system control centre was established in Vilnius for all of Lithuania in 2013. Such a model — when the country's electricity system is controlled from a single centre — allows changes in the system to be responded to faster, reasons for problems in the electricity transmission grid to be pinpointed and eliminated more rapidly, and potential disruptions in the electricity system to even be pre-empted.
2014 January 7
Lithuanian electricity prices likely to resemble those in Scandinavia
In 2013, the average electricity exchange price in the Lithuanian bidding area was 16.9 ct/kWh, or 9.6 per cent bigger than in 2012. Last year, the lowest daily electricity price of 8.4 ct/kWh was formed on 23 April, and the highest price of 43.6 ct/kWh on 1 October.
2013 December 20
Rules on Cross - Border Capacity Calculation and Allocation
Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian transmission system operators (TSOs) have been negotiating over common rules on cross - border capacity calculation and allocation to become effective on January 1, 2014. In case more time is needed to reach the common agreement, the Lithuanian TSO is ready to use national rules on cross - border capacity calculation and allocation from January 1, 2014. The rules are aimed to allocate and operate Lithuanian power links with Latvia, Belarus and Kaliningrad at the same time ensuring security of supply.
