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CESEC Market Coupling Project / CESEC Infrastructure Priority Project
Interconnection line
Slovenia – Hungary – Croatia
PCI 3.9.1
Project Contribution to CESEC priorities

Connecting Slovenia and Hungary

Project Description

• Construction of substation
400/110-220/110 kV Cirkovce,
• construction of OHL 2x400 kV
Cirkovce - Pince (80,3 km),
• underground cabling of existing
110 kV power lines in front of
substation Cirkovce,
• Relocation of the OHL 220 kV
Cirkovce – Žerjavinec (6 km)
• implementation of mitigation
measures.
CESEC Electricity Plenary and Working Group
October 13 2022
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CESEC Market Coupling Project / CESEC Infrastructure Priority Project
Interconnection line
Slovenia – Hungary – Croatia
PCI 3.9.1

State of Play
• Building permit for SS Cirkovce:
issued in August 2018
• Building permit for relocation of a
section OHL 220 kV Cirkovce –
Žerjavinec: issued in September
2019
• Building permit for OHL 2x400 kV
Cirkovce – Pince: issued in January
2020 and completed May 2021 ;
• Construction of SS Cirkovce started
in April 2019
• Construction of OHL 2x400 kV
Cirkovce – Pince started in
September 2020
CESEC Electricity Plenary and Working Group
October 13 2022
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CESEC Market Coupling Project / CESEC Infrastructure Priority Project
Interconnection line
Slovenia – Hungary – Croatia
PCI 3.9.1

State of Play

• Energization of SS 400/110
kV Cirkovce completed in
June 2021;
• Energization of relocation of
OHL 220 kV Cirkovce –
Žerjavinec: completed in
March 2021;
• Energization of OHL 2x400
kV Cirkovce – Heviz –
Žerjavinec completed in June
2022.
CESEC Electricity Plenary and Working Group
October 13 2022
CESEC Market Coupling Project / CESEC Infrastructure Priority Project

Interconnection line
Slovenia – Hungary – Croatia
PCI 3.9.1
Next steps & Lessons learned

• OHL 2x400 kV Cirkovce – Heviz –

Žerjavinec is in trial operation;
• Mitigation measures from
Environmental Impact Permit have
been completed. Monitoring of the
success of mitigation measures is
going on;
• During preparation and construction
phase of OHL, intense
communication with landowners
and local communities were
essential for the success of project.

CESEC Electricity Plenary and Working Group

October 13 2022