Hungary, Slovenia connect electricity systems with Cirkovce-Pince link
The Cirkovce-Pince power transmission line between Hungary and Slovenia is now operational, national TSOs ELES and MAVIR have announced.
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Slovenia, Cirkovce: The Cirkovce-Pince power transmission line between Hungary and Slovenia is now operational, national TSOs ELES and MAVIR have announced.
Power line Cirkovce-Pince is operating as testing and trial-run are underway, while the interconnection will be included in the cross-border capacity calculation process starting from 6 July 2022.
The cross-border project implemented by ELES envisages the construction of the 80.5 km long double circuit 400 kV overhead line Cirkovce-Pince and the new 400 kV Cirkovce substation, both in Slovenia.
ELES, and MAVIR said that the planned physical connection between the Hungarian and the Slovenian electricity systems was established on the scheduled date of 30 June.
The transmission system operators ELES, MAVIR, and Croatia’s HOPS carried out preliminary tests and measurements of the newly built international connection, which will provide a more stable and reliable operation of the electricity system at the 400 kV voltage level and contribute to an even the stronger connection of these markets to common EU internal electricity market.
The construction of the Cirkovce-Pince transmission line is the last phase Hungarian-Croatian-Slovenian 400 kV transmission grid connection project which implementation started in mid-1990s. The power line is connected to one circuit of the existing double circuit 400 kV OHL Hévíz (Hungary) – Žerjavinec (Croatia).
On the Hungarian side, a double-circuit tie-line between Hévíz and the Slovenian-Croatian-Hungarian border was completed before the turn of the millennium. The Slovenian system has now been connected to a 5-km branch constructed earlier by Hungary.
The project has received $49.5 M (€48.2 M) under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The overall investment in the interconnection line between Žerjavinec – Hévíz, and Cirkovce (Slovenia) was estimated at $105.3 M (€102.5 M).
Source: Balkan Energy News
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