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The LitPol Link connection was successfully restored at 4:24 PM, according to the Litgrid report.
“After the disconnection, we successfully secured the power supply using available reserves. The electricity supply to consumers has been stable at all times. The specialists from the Litgrid Infrastructure Maintenance Center have already identified the location and cause. from the failure in one of the two 400 kV lines that form the connection to Poland. At that time, another team of engineers connected another line, which was disconnected during this period as part of the LitPol Link connection expansion project. Now the operation of the connection has been completely renewed, electricity is being transmitted towards Lithuania at full capacity, ”said Gintautas Monkevičius, Head of the Litgrid System Control Center.
LitPol Link’s disconnection took place on Saturday at 9:09 am, at which time 492 MW of capacity was transferred to Lithuania. The detailed causes of the failure will be clarified after an investigation of the failure.
According to Litgrid, from January to September 2020, the total availability of the LitPol Link connection was 97.51 percent.
The 163-kilometer, 500 MW, 400 kV LitPol Link connection started operations in 2015.
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