On 8 February, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania carried out a planned desynchronisation from Russia’s power grid and entered island mode.
“Today, with Latvia and Lithuania, we took an important step towards ensuring energy security, desynchronising our power grids from the Russian power grid. By ending the energy dependence of the Baltic States on Russia, we are leaving the aggressor without the option of using energy as a weapon against us, and making our systems stronger both on a national and regional level. After joining the Continental European Synchronous Area, we will be sharing our power grid with our partners and Allies, we will have control over our reserves, and new opportunities on the energy market will open up for us.
Cooperation with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, and funding from the European Union, as well as technical assistance from the United States and the United Kingdom have been key to planning and implementing the synchronisation. This joint effort demonstrates that our Allies also consider securing our region and countering Russia an issue of strategic importance,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna.
On 8 February, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania carried out a planned desynchronisation from Russia’s power grid and entered island mode. On 9 February, synchronisation with the continental European frequency area took place via Poland, ensuring the complete energy independence of our power systems from Russia.
