Lithuania started dismantling the supports of the first of six power lines linking it to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave after the Baltic States synchronised their grids with the continental European system in early February. On February 24, workers began removing the supports of the Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant (PSP)-Sovetsk power line. The dismantling of the first…
Today, the situation in the energy sector remains under control, despite russia’s terror against the energy and gas infrastructure. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at a meeting of the Cabinet on February 21. The Head of the Government stressed that russia was deliberately targeting gas production facilities, seeking to destroy the gas…
On the night of February 20, Russian forces launched another attack on Ukraine’s gas infrastructure, Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced on Facebook. “Last night, Russia once again carried out a massive missile and drone strike on the gas infrastructure. Production facilities sustained damage. As soon as the security situation allowed, specialists began assessing the damage…
Svitlana Grynchuk, Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, together with representatives of the operational headquarters at Chornobyl NPP led by Hryhorii Ishchenko, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, inspected the consequences of the hit of a russian attack drone with an explosive warhead into the protective shell of the…
In Ukraine, the protection of second-level energy facilities, which are being worked on by the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development, is almost 90% completed, the head of the agency Serhii Sukhomlyn has announced. He noted that the agency was working on the protection of 22 substations, and about 46 second-level protection elements had…
Baltic electricity prices have soared and hit record highs this week, driven by low wind and solar output and rising natural gas prices, as well as a cold snap. Erkki Sapp, a board member at grid distributor Elering, said: “This week, there has been less wind across the Baltic States, and slightly higher electricity consumption…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “successfully” synchronized with the Continental European electricity grid on February 9 afternoon, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda said. “The period of political pressure and blackmail is finally over,” he added. “Moments ago I received great news – the synchronization of the Baltic states electricity systems with the continental European system has…