Power Transmission Project

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The Power Transmission Project's objectives are to: 1) improve the reliability of the existing high voltage grid through rehabilitation and reinforcement; 2) enhance security of power supply in Poland by interconnecting the Polish power grid with that of Western Europe, thus improving Poland's power trade and wheeling capability; 3) improve the network's operational performance and control through transmission and loss reduction and improved dispatching, thereby enhancing energy conservation and efficiency; 4) reduce environmental pollution; and 5) enhance the Polish Power Grid Company's (PPGC) institutional capabilities. The project comprises the following major components: 1) substation modernization program, consisting of the modernization of strategic substations in the Western and Central-Western regions of Poland to meet the design performance levels required for the system reliability and international interconnections and shunt reactive compensation at specific substations to ensure steady voltage control; 2) the 220 kilovolt line modernization program; and 3) technical assistance to PPGC.