Kristinelund – Soderasen Line is a 400kV overhead line from Kristinelund, Kalmar, Sweden, to Soderasen, Skane, Sweden.

Construction works on the Kristinelund – Soderasen Line started in 2016 and the project was commissioned in 2018.

Description

The Kristinelund – Soderasen Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Svenska Kraftnat. The Kristinelund – Soderasen Line is a new line. The line carries alternating current (AC).

Approximately $1.61m was financed by the authorities to undertake the construction works of the project.

Kristinelund – Soderasen Line project development status

The development of the Kristinelund – Soderasen Line project was approved by Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate in 2016 and the project works were completed in 2018.

About Svenska Kraftnat

Svenska Kraftnat (Svenska) is a state-owned electric utility. It develops, operates, and maintains the national transmission system in Sweden. The company balances production and consumption of electricity system in the country. It also carries out electricity contingency planning and is financed through government funding. Svenska conducts research and development to increase the transmission network’s operational reliability, efficiency and sustainability. The company constructs communications network for telecommunications and data for maintaining operational reliability in the grid. It has offices in Sundsvall and Solleftea. Svenska is headquartered in Sundbyberg, Sweden.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.