Jauniūnai natural gas compression station

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Jauniūnai natural gas compression station is a gas compressor station in Lithuania, located in Jauniūnai, Širvintos District Municipality.[1] Capacity at the station is 34.5 MW.

The station will be the end point of the planned Gas Interconnection Poland–Lithuania.

History[]

Due to increasing natural gas consumption in Lithuania the existing gas compression station was not sufficient to service demand. In 2007 the Lithuanian National Energy Strategy Act was adopted with a new natural gas compression station project included.[2] Jauniūnai was selected due mainly to its location along the , the and two threads of the .

In 2009 construction works started and were finished in 2010. The cost of construction was estimated at 200 million litas.[3]

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Coordinates: 54°57′44″N 24°59′52″E / 54.96222°N 24.99778°E / 54.96222; 24.99778


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