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Thursday, 28.03.2024, 16:24
Lithuania: Chosen synchronization scenario remains best
"Then the next step is the political level, and the
BEMIP group will have to make further decisions. As far as I know, the signals
are rather positive that a suitable synchronization scenario has been chosen,
and I hope we will be moving forwards according to the guidelines of the
political agreement," Vaiciunas said.
According to Vaiciunas, the Baltic Energy Market
Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) is due to endorse the technical solution no
later than September 14, and Poland, which is a member of the European Network
of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E), will submit an application to
expand the European power network by September 21. The Lithuanian, Latvian and
Estonian regulators need to make a decision on investment by September
30. The Baltic grid operators – Lithuania's Litgrid, Latvia's AST and Estonia's
Elering – will submit a joint application for Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
funding by October 11.
The synchronization project is scheduled to be completed by
2025 and the existing 1,000 megawatt double-circuit LitPol Link (AC) will be
used for the implementation of the project, as well as a new 700 MW
asynchronous power link (DC) will be laid on the seabed of the Baltic Sea
between Lithuania and Poland, and other additional stabilization
mechanisms will be established.
Speaking with BNS Lithuania, Krzysztof Madajewski, who
led the Gdansk research group, refused to disclose whether the additional
assessment had been finished and what its results are, suggesting turning to
the Baltic grid operators. Katlin Klemmer, spokesperson for Estonia's Elering,
told earlier this week that the additional assessment performed
by the Polish Energy Institute would be completed by the end of August, and its
results would be publicly accessible after the decision of the BEMIP group.
Lithuanian power transmission operator Litgrid
estimates the total synchronization project to cost around 1 billion euros. At
the same time, it was said that the submarine cable will be a very serious
project and it is too soon to speak about how much it will cost as negotiations
with partners are only starting. IT was estimated to be at least 350 kilometers
long. In comparison, the Lithuanian-Swedish cable is 450 kilometers long and it
cost 550 mln euros.