In Osijek, on Wednesday, November 14, Contract for the Construction of a 2 x 400 kV Ernestinovo-Pecs Overhead Transmission Line, Ernestinovo-State Border Section, was signed between HEP OPS d.o.o. and Dalekovod d.d. Zagreb
The completion of the reconstruction of the 400/110 kV Ernestinovo substation in early June 2004 and the construction of a new 400/120 kV Pecs substation created the conditions for the implementation of a new power interconnection between Hungary and Croatia. After years of preparations including a number of studies justifying the construction of another 400 kV line, HEP OPS and the Hungarian transmission system operator MAVIR ZRt. signed Agreement on Construction of a 2x 400 kV Ernestinovo-Pecs Power Line in Osijek in July of this year . The bilateral Agreement regulates mutual relations in the construction of this international transmission line, scheduling the completion of works for March 2010. In the international competitive tendering for a section of the transmission line from Ernestinovo to the state border, the company Dalekovod d.d., Zagreb was selected. This section will be 44.1 km in length and 2,200 MWA in transmission capacity. The total construction costs on the Croatian side and the equipping of 400 kV line bays in Ernestinovo substation are 159 million kuna. The time for the completion of the Contract is 700 days from the beginning of the work by the contractor, or the end of 2009.
The Contract was signed in the Osijek Hotel by HEP OPS Managing Director, Dubravko Sabolić and President of Dalekovod d.d. Management Board, Luka Miličić. The event was attended by President of the Parliament Vladimir Šeks with his collaborators, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Dragan Kovačević, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Tomislav Ivić, President of HEP Management Board Ivan Mravak, members of HEP Management Board Ivica Toljan and Velimir Lovrić, Government Commissioner for the City of Osijek Danijela Lovoković, and many other distinguished guests.
