NordBalt

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NordBalt
File:Map of NordBalt.jpg
Location
Country Lithuania, Sweden
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General direction east–west
From Klaipėda
Passes through Baltic Sea
To Nybro
Ownership information
Partners Litgrid
Svenska kraftnät
Construction information
Manufacturer of conductor/cable ABB
Manufacturer of substations ABB
Construction started 11 April 2014
Expected December 2015
Construction cost € 552 mill.
Technical information
Type submarine cable
Type of current HVDC
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Power rating 700 MW
AC Voltage 330 kV
400 kV
DC Voltage ±300 kV
Number of poles 2

NordBalt (also known as SwedLit) is a submarine power cable between Klaipėda in Lithuania and Nybro in Sweden. The aim of the project is to promote trading between Baltic and Nordic electricity markets, as also to increase the security of power supply in both markets.

History

The project was originally suggested in 2004. Original project Swindlit was aimed at construction of the wind farm in the Baltic Sea and ensuring the electricity transmission therefrom to Sweden and Lithuania. The participants of this project were interested also in Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant as an accumulator of unpredictable wind energy.

In August 2006, the Lithuanian and Swedish transmission grid operators Lietuvos Energija and Svenska kraftnät agreed to launch a feasibility study of a possible interconnection.[1] In February 2007, Lietuvos Energija and Svenska Kraftnät signed an agreement with Swedish consulting company SWECO International on preparation of feasibility study. The study was completed in March 2008 with positive conclusions for the implementation of the project.[2]

On 9 July 2009, Lietuvos Energija, Latvenergo and Svenska kraftnat signed a memorandum of understanding on the NordBalt project.[3] Invitation for pre-qualification for NordBalt converters' and cable procurement was launched in December 2009.[4] The sea bottom survey was conducted by Marin Mätteknik by 13 December 2009.[5] On 17 December 2010, Litgrid, a newly established transmission system operator of Lithuania who took the project over from Lietuvos Energija, and Svenska kraftnät, signed a €270 million contract with ABB according to which ABB manufactured the cable.[6] According to another contract, signed on 20 December 2010, ABB supplied two converter stations.[7]

In March 2013 Government of Lithuania approved constructions plan around coast area.[8] In 18 April 2013 Sweden government gave its final approval to the construction of a power cable.[9] Cable laying started in 11 April 2014.[10] On 9 June 2015, the cable laying works were completed.[11]

Technical features

The interconnection would be high-voltage direct current cable. The length of the cable will be 450 kilometres (280 mi), of which 400 kilometres (250 mi) is the submarine cable, 40 kilometres (25 mi) is the land cable in Sweden, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) is the land cable in Lithuania. Its capacity will be 700 MW.[12] The cable was due to be commissioned on the 9th of December 2015 simultaneously with the LitPol Link interconnector between Poland and Lithania but a fire that broke out near a converter station on the Swedish side has led to the link being offline in the short term.[13] It is expected to cost €580 million, of which the submarine cable costs €270 million.[6][7] €175 million is provided by the European Commission.[3]

Issues

The Foreign Ministry of Lithuania reported that Russian military ships several times maliciously created obstacles for the project.[14] In one instance the Russian Navy, while in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Lithuania, ran off a ship constructing the NordBalt.[15]

See also

References

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