Šiauliai–Jelgava power line

Šiauliai–Jelgava power line
Šiauliai–Jelgava power line
Location
Country	Lithuania; Latvia
General direction	north-south-north
From	Šiauliai
Passes through	Mūša station
To	Jelgava
Ownership information
Partners	Litgrid; Augstsprieguma tikls
Construction information
Commissioned	26 March 1962
Technical information
Type	overhead power line
Type of current	HVAC
AC voltage	330 kV
No. of circuits	1

The Šiauliai–Jelgava power line is an electricity link (interconnector) in the Baltic transmission system (synchronous with the IPS/UPS system) between Lithuania and Latvia. The overhead power line is one of seven interconnections between the two countries and one of the four 330 kV power transmission lines between Lithuania and Latvia.

History

In 1956, the Lithuanian national electricity grid was established with a link between the Petrašiūnai Power Plant in Kaunas and the Rekyva Power Plant in Šiauliai. Šiauliai (Lithuania) and Jelgava (Latvia) were connected in 1962 creating the first ever transmission link between the two neighbouring countries. It was also the first ever 330 kV power line in Lithuania.^[1]

In 1997, a 93.2 kilometres (57.9 mi) long link with a voltage of 330 kV to the Lithuanian city Telšiai was added to the Šiauliai–Jelgava power line.