Montenegrin power transmission system operator Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem
said on Tuesday the construction of the Lastva Grbaljska substation will start
in April while works on the Cevo-Pljevlja powerline will be launched in
August.
The two power transmission facilities are part of plans for the
construction of a subsea powerline that will connect Villanova in Italy with the
Jaz peninsula in Montenegro with a 415 km 1.0 GW high-voltage DC cable, a
project estimated at 1 billion euro ($1.1 billion) in total.
In late
2010, Italy's Terna and Crnogorski Elektroprenosni Sistem (CGES) signed an
agreement for the construction of the undersea powerline.
The project at
both sides of the Adriatic sea is expected to be completed by the end of 2016 as
planned, the CGES press office said in an email to SeeNews, quoting the
president of the company's board, Dragan Laketic.
CGES is expected to
contribute most probably less than 100 million euro to the project, the press
office said.
In April, the Kotor municipality, where the Lastva Grbaljska
substation will be located, said it will be built by German engineering group
Siemens at an estimated cost of 22 million euro.
The Cevo-Pljevlja
section is part of the 400 kV 116 km Lastva-Pljevlja power line.
CGES
earlier told SeeNews that Bosnianengineering firm Energoinvest was awarded a 29
million euro deal to build the Cevo-Pljevlja powerline which will connect the
northern part of Montenegro with the south of the Adriatic country and is
designed to improve security of the power supply on the coast and is a
precondition for the implementation of the project for the construction of the
subsea powerline to Italy.
In 2013, the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development said it was providing 60 million euro to CGES to help -
alongside German development bank KfW, create the transmission capacity needed
for the undersea interconnection.
CGES is 55%-owned by the Montenegrin
state with Italy’s Terna-Rete Elettrica Nazionale having a 22% stake while
theremainder is in the hands ofsmaller shareholders.