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Grybauskaitė to discuss energy, border protection and UK’s reforms with EU council

December 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Thursday, 17 December, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will travel to Brussels to attend a European Council meeting and discuss additional measures to manage the migration crisis, including the setting up of a European Border and Coast Guard. European leaders will also exchange views on how to strengthen the EU’s energy union and will address EU reforms proposed by the United Kingdom, the presidency said. […]

Official launch of LitPol Link and NordBalt marks new era of Lithuanian energy

December 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian leaders and their counterparts from the Baltic states and Poland are on Monday officially inaugurating the interconnections LitPol Link and NordBalt, lauded as key projects to usher the country into the new era of energy independence. […]

Energy connections vital for Lithuanian energy security being tested

December 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The system tests for NordBalt and LitPol Link, energy connections vital for promoting Lithuanian energy independence and security, are now under way. […]

Electricity consumers in western Lithuania to test NordBalt link

November 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

In late November, 24,000 Lithuanian consumers will receive electricity from Sweden for the first time. During a half an hour special test when the Lithuanian electricity system operator Litgrid is planning to verify the NordBalt black-start feature, the residents in Klaipėda and Šilutė districts will be provided with electricity from a single source – the Lithuanian and Swedish interconnector NordBalt, Litgrid reports. […]

Energy security projects cast doubt on NPP project in Lithuania

October 30, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

The NordBalt submarine power cable between Lithuania and Sweden, which is due to start functioning by the end of 2015, casts doubts on whether Lithuania still needs a nuclear power plant. […]

NordBalt to provide more energy security for 6m people in Baltics

October 12, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt. In December the electricity produced in Scandinavia will be transmitted directly to Lithuania for the first time in history. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden along with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė evaluated the NordBalt implementation progress while visiting the construction site of the NordBalt high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Klaipėda. […]

Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries

October 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]

Minister Masiulis: NordBalt opens Scandinavian electricity market surplus for Lithuania and Latvia

September 18, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The 453-kilometer long 700 megawatt NordBalt power interconnection is one of the most important projects in the history of Baltic countries’ energy sectors. Although the submarine cable is laid between the coasts of Lithuania and Sweden, the project will equally benefit to Lithuania and Latvia,” said the Minister of Energy, Rokas Masiulis, to Latvian reporters during a meeting in Klaipėda. […]

NordBalt cable lying safe on bottom of Baltic Sea

September 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

All cable-related works on the NordBalt power interconnection have been completed in the Baltic Sea. The 400km submarine cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden has been protected from vessel anchors and fishing equipment along its most vulnerable sections. […]

NordBalt cable laying works in Baltic Sea finished

June 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Topaz Installer cable laying vessel has finished her work. In just a year and two months, with short interruptions, she laid 400 kilometres of NordBalt cable onto the bottom of the Baltic Sea. 90 percent of the link construction works have already been completed, reports energy company Litgrid. […]

Lithuanian energy minister says electricity links will bring positive changes

June 7, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On Friday, 5 June, Minister of Energy of Lithuania Rokas Masiulis met with Director General of Nord Pool Spot power market Mikael Lundin to discuss the development of electricity links with Sweden and Poland. […]

Estonian Chamber of Commerce chair: Lithuania able to support its own energy needs

May 14, 2015 George East 0

Speaking at the annual ‘Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum’ on 13 May in Vilnius, Lithuania, event organizer and Chairman of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce, Robert Juodka, told the Lithuania Tribune he believes the Lithuania is now able to support its own energy needs. […]