The gas interconnection GIPL that will integrate the Baltic and Finnish gas systems to the Western Europe is connected to the Lithuanian gas transmission system. Adhering to the safety requirements and controlling the growing COVID-19 risk, 60 per cent of the GIPL construction works is planned to be completed this year.
Lithuanian gas transmission system operator Amber Grid transported nearly 26 terawatt-hours (TWh) natural gas, excluding gas transmitted to Kaliningrad, through Lithuania to Baltic Region consumers in January-September, 2020. It is 17.6 per cent more than in 2019, when 21.2 TWh natural gas was transported into Lithuania during the same period. Gas consumption in Lithuania was also growing.
Implementing the GIPL project to interconnect the gas system of Lithuania, Baltic States and Finland with Europe, the quality of the first lot of the new gas interconnection was tested. The pipeline underwent hydraulic tests to ensure it can sustain maximum designed pressure loads. The working pressure of the GIPL gas pipeline will be 54 bar.
The ten-year gas transmission network development plan prepared by the Lithuanian gas transmission system operator Amber Grid was approved today by the National Energy Regulatory Council (NERC). During 2020-2029 there are plans to implement gas transmission system development investment projects aimed at diversifying gas supply sources in Lithuania and the region and ensuring the reliability of the gas transmission system.
On 1st October 2020, the National Energy Regulatory Council approved Natural Gas Transmission System Operator's Amber Grid Ten-Year Network Development Plan for 2020-2029.
