 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 March 2013 the government of Lithuania approved construction plans for the coastal area.