On 3 January 2012, electricity transmission system operator Litgrid announced an international public procurement for the installation of the high voltage direct current back-to-back converter station with 400 kV switchyard in Alytus. The procurement will include technical designing, obtaining of construction permits, manufacturing of the equipment as well as construction and installation works.
2012 January 31
The latest “Energy Update” issue
2012 January 2
Production of NordBalt sea cable begins
Following the completion of tests of the cable for the international power link NordBalt, the production of the cable has been launched in Sweden. The 900 kilometres long cable will take 15 months to make, the start of its installation in the Baltic Sea is scheduled for March 2014. The link is expected to function in December 2015.
