section_path: Connections
section_name: Connections
paragraph_text: Connections
  
  On 9 December 2015, Poland and Lithuania commissioned LitPol Link, which was the first direct connection between the Baltic states and the European grid. In 2018, another proposed link with Poland via the Baltic Sea was announced, called Harmony Link. The total investment planned for the Harmony Link project is around €680 million, of which €493 million will come from the Connecting Europe Facility. The Baltic States also have connections with the Nordic electricity grid via the NordBalt and Estlink HVDC submarine power cable systems, although Estlink2 was not operating at the time of the grid switchover.