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15 October 2007 - The hotly awaited 'energy bridge' deal between Lithuania and Poland to connect their electrical networks has been postponed, the Associated Press (AP) has reported.
In order to make up for the electricity deficit anticipated because of the closing down of an atomic facility in Ignalina at the end of 2009, Lithuania intends to connect its electricity grid with the European Union via Poland.
The AP quoted Valdas Adamkus, president of Lithuania, as saying: "I may assure you the bridge will be built. The deal was not formalized only because of technical problems, with will probably be solved by the end of the month."
Apparently, the €300m interconnection project is linked to the construction of a €4bn new nuclear power plant that the two countries plan to build in partnership with Latvia and Estonia.
Poland is demanding approximately 37 per cent of the new plant's electricity generation capacity, but Lithuania's law on nuclear energy has allotted only a 22 per cent stake to Poland in the project.
AP's report quoted Poland's economy minister, Piotr Wocniak, as saying that if Poland did not receive what it wanted, all other projects would be postponed - a clear allusion to the energy bridge.
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