ENERGO: Ukraine, Moldova synchronise power grids with Europe’s ENTSO-E area

The electricity grids of Ukraine and Moldova have been successfully synchronised with the Continental European Grid (ENTSO-E), announced Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy, on March 16.

The request for an emergency synchronisation sent on February 27 and February 28 by Ukrainian TSO and Moldovan TSO sped up the process. The two countries disconnected their grids from that of the Russian Federation before the war in Ukraine started on February 24, in a test to operate insulated.

Ukrainian grid operator and private energy infrastructure holding company DTEK announced March 16 that Ukraine’s United Energy System (UES) was synchronised with the Hungarian energy system through Burshtyn TPP.

The same day, the European Commission said Ukraine had synchronised its power grid with the greater European power grid via Moldova.