North Balt
NordBalt is a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission designed as a submarine cable with a transport capacity of 700 MW from Klaipėda ( Lithuania ) to Nybro in Sweden . It was put into operation in mid-December 2015. The NordBalt line is intended to increase energy security in the Baltic region . After the Ignalina nuclear power plant was shut down in 2009, the Baltic states were dependent on electricity supplies from Russia . The connection to the Scandinavian network NORDEL diversifies the sources of supply.
The contracts to build the link were won by Asea Brown Boveri in late December 2010 and amount to approximately $ 580 million. Of this, 175 million euros are provided by the European Union. According to Linas Linkevičius , the Baltic fleet of the Russian Navy has obstructed the construction of the submarine cable connection four times since mid-March 2015 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ New interconnections open electricity highways to Europe for the Baltic countries . Press release from Litgrid. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ Rudolf Hermann: One last step out of Moscow's orbit . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . October 18, 2015.
- ^ Brussels allocates € 131 million for NordBalt , Baltic Reports, August 12, 2010
- ↑ ABB wins $ 580 mln Nordic-Baltic power order
- ^ DGAP - Contracts with Suppliers of Cable and Converter Stations for NordBalt Electricity Interconnection Signed
- ^ Protests from Sweden and Lithuania . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , May 4, 2015. Accessed November 9, 2017.