On 17 December 2010, Litgrid, a newly established transmission system operator of Lithuania who took the project over from Lietuvos Energija, and Svenska kraftnät, signed a €270 million contract with ABB according to which ABB manufactured the cable. According to another contract, signed on 20 December 2010, ABB supplied two converter stations.
In December 2010, Litgrid, a new transmission system operator in Lithuania, and Svenska kraftnät, took over the project from Lietuvos Energija, signed contracts with ABB for €270 million worth of work. The first contract involved ABB manufacturing the cable, while the second contract involved ABB supplying two converter stations.