Prestice – Vitkov Line is a 400kV overhead line with a length of 87km from Prestice, Plzen, Czech Republic, to Vitkov, Moravian Silesian, Czech Republic.
Construction works on the Prestice – Vitkov Line started in 2018 and the project was commissioned in 2020.
Description
The Prestice – Vitkov Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by CEPS. The Prestice – Vitkov Line is a new line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.
Prestice – Vitkov Line project development status
The development of the Prestice – Vitkov Line project was approved by The Energy Regulatory Office in 2018 and the project works were completed in 2020.
About CEPS
CEPS A.S. (CEPS) is a state-controlled electric utility that develops, operates and maintains the Czech transmission system. It is responsible for balancing the supply of electricity with demand. CEPS transmits electricity from generators to distributors in the domestic market, or exports to/imports from abroad. The company is also responsible for allocating the available transfer capacity on international cross-border power lines through auctions. Its dispatch control services include operational planning, real-time control and operational evaluation. The company is responsible for developing the transmission system to meet the future electricity demand.
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.