Harmony Link
{{Short description|Planned electricity link between Lithuania and Poland}}
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Harmony Link is a planned overland electricity link between Lithuania and Poland. The new link will complement the existing LitPol Link and will expand the capacity between the Baltic electrical grids and the rest of the Continental Europe Synchronous Area. The total expected project cost is €923 million and the completion is planned by 2030.
Details
The total investment planned for the Harmony Link project is around €680 million, of which €493 million will come from the Connecting Europe Facility.{{Cite web |title=About project – Harmony Link |url=https://harmonylink.eu/about-project/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |language=en-GB}}
On 21 December 2018, Lithuanian electricity grid operator Litgrid and Polish electricity grid operator PSE signed an agreement in order to start planning the cable. The project was given the official name Harmony Link.[https://www.litgrid.eu/index.php/tinklo-pletra/strateginiai-projektai/harmony-link/20075 „Harmony Link“ jungties statyba] In June 2023 construction work started at the Darbėnai transmission station.[https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/verslas/4/2012868/pradedamos-darbenu-skirstyklos-statybos Pradedamos Darbėnų skirstyklos statybos]
Harmony Link was originally planned to connect the Zarnowiec substation in the Pomeranian region of Poland with the Darbėnai substation in the Kretinga region of Lithuania. The key component of the interconnector was a 700 MW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cable. The power link was to be about 330 km long, of which about 290 km will be the offshore part.{{Cite web |title=About project – Harmony Link |url=https://harmonylink.eu/about-project/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |language=en-GB}}
In late 2023, both countries agreed to change the project and build the link on land, instead of the previously planned submarine power cable.{{cite web |date=28 December 2023 |title=Polish-Lithuanian power cable to be built alongside Rail Baltica tracks – minister |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2159251/polish-lithuanian-power-cable-to-be-built-alongside-rail-baltica-tracks-minister |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=LRT}} Initially, Rail Baltica railway infrastructure was considered, but the current plans are to build the line along the Via Baltica motorway infrastructure.{{cite web|title=Baltic grid synchronisation is more geopolitical than technical switch – Litgrid head|url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2481297/baltic-grid-synchronisation-is-more-geopolitical-than-technical-switch-litgrid-head|date=9 February 2025|access-date=9 February 2025|website=LRT}}
See also
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- Energy in Lithuania
- List of high-voltage transmission links in Lithuania
- LitPol Link, cable between Lithuania and Poland
- NordBalt, subsea cable between Lithuania and Sweden
- SwePol, cable between Poland and Sweden
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