“Ignitis Gamyba” and “Litgrid” have signed an 84 million euro contract

The companies signed an agreement on Friday to do so, he reported.”Ignition group“.

Next year, Ignitis gamyba will provide facility accessibility service in the following scope: 260 MW of power – Unit 7 of the Elektrėnai Complex (this year – 0 MW), 260 MW of power – Unit 8 (1 MW) and 371 MW of power – 9 units (371 MW).

This year, the seventh and eighth Litgrid units of Lithuania’s Elektrėnai Power Plant are providing tertiary active power reserve service, which will no longer be orderable from next year.

According to the new contract, “Ignitis gamyba” also undertakes to prepare uninterrupted electricity production in the 9th block of the Elektrėnai complex – “Litgrid” can order to produce approximately 0.5 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity. For this, the company has just over 1 TWh of natural gas reserves.

The plants managed by “Ignitis Gamyba” have a total capacity of 2,056 thousand. megawatts (MW), of which the Elektrėnai complex – 1,055 thousand, the Kruonis hydroelectric power station – 900 and the Kaunas hydroelectric power station – 100.8 MW.