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Lithuania Plans Seven Power Islands

Lithuania wants to keep electricity flowing when parts of its national grid fail. The proposal borrows from Ukraine and calls for new power plants.

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Odd Inge Teige
Nov 11

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Lithuania’s electricity transmission operator, Litgrid, unveiled a plan on November 10 to divide the grid into seven emergency zones. Each would be able to run temporarily on its own if a major disruption cut it off from the main network. The proposal calls for 10 new power plants with a combined capacity of 800 megawatts…

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