Power lines. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 26The Baltic countries continue to buy electricity from Russia and even doubled supplies in March compared to January, TV3 reports. restrictions on the import of Russian electricity. «In order to get away from dependence on Russian electricity, Estonia is going to build a small modular reactor. Latvia has not yet joined the project, but is exploring the possibilities,» the TV channel reports. In turn, the Minister of Economy of Latvia, Janis Vitenbergs, said that the implementation of the project of the Estonian company Fermi Energia «is still very far away.» Latvenergo confirmed that they are not abandoning the idea of building a small reactor, but are still studying the impact of nuclear energy on the overall energy market. got into a critical situation due to sanctions against RussiaIn early March, it was reported that the operators of the Baltic electricity networks Elering, AST and Litgrid reduced the capacity for importing electricity from Russia to 300 megawatts. As Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins later noted, the country’s disconnection from the unified power grid with Russia and Belarus is hindered by physical restrictions. In 2018, the Baltic countries, Poland and the European Commission signed a political agreement in Brussels on synchronizing the power grids of the three Baltic countries with the networks of continental Europe. It is expected that by 2025 they will have to finally leave the BRELL energy ring (Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and connect to the energy system of continental Europe, which will allow them to achieve «energy independence from Russia».
Finland temporarily cut off electricity supplies from Russia
