This weekend, the Baltic States will disconnect from Russia’s interconnected energy system, the so-called BRELL grid, and connect to the European grid, as LETA was told by the Ministry of Climate and ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have successfully synchronized their electricity grids with the European Continental European Network, marking a s ...

- Electricity exports amount to 17,776 megawatt-hours and imports total 99 megawatt-hours ...

The so-called Brell power grid - which stands for Belarus, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - is controlled almost entirely by Moscow and has long been seen as a vulnerability for the three Baltic ...

"When the Baltic States joined the EU and Nato, everybody talked about them being an energy island that was still dependent on that joint electricity network with Belarus and Russia," said Smith.

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two issues: the Baltic states connecting to ... known as the "Baltic Synchro," is a historic moment.

"Moments ago I received great news – the synchronization of the Baltic states electricity systems with the continental European system has been successfully completed," Nauseda said at a press ...

A map showing the Baltic States' power interconnectors with Finland, Poland and Sweden, as well as crossings of power lines to Russia and Belarus that were disconnected on Feb. 8, 2025.