Source: European Parliament
On 28 June 2017, the transmission system operators (TSOs) of Continental Europe signed with their respective counterparts Ukrenergo and Moldelectrica the agreements to interconnect the power systems under the auspices of ENTSO-E (European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity).
Following the start of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression and responding to an urgent request by Ukrenergo and Moldelectrica, on 11 March 2022 Continental Europe TSOs concluded that the conditions for an emergency synchronisation were met.
Subsequently, the trial synchronisation was completed on 16 March 2022[1]. The TSOs acted in the context of political support expressed at the extraordinary Energy Council meeting of 28 February 2022.
The European Council meeting of 24 March 2022 endorsed the emergency synchronisation as ‘a remarkable achievement’.
Ukrenergo has since completed the permanent synchronisation project as confirmed by the Continental Europe TSOs on 28 November 2023.
- [1] https://www.entsoe.eu/news/2022/03/16/continental-europe-successful-synchronisation-with-ukraine-and-moldova-power-systems/