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Thomas Matern 🇪🇺<p>Today, the Baltic states of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> are cutting their connection to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> electricity grid, which also includes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a>.<br>From tomorrow they will be connected to the European grid.</p><p>More sovereignty, more European cooperation. A good weekend for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/08/baltic-states-cut-russian-electricity-ties-ending-decades-of-reliance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/08/baltic-states-cut-russian-electricity-ties-ending-decades-of-reliance</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Estonians rush to buy out generators and make water stores: how disinformation about BRELL spreads in Baltic States? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/725575/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/725575/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Featured</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PowerGenerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerGenerators</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/provocations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>provocations</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PublicPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicPanic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a></p>
Dietrich Feist<p>This weekend, the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/BalticStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BalticStates</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a>, and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> will disconnect from the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Brell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brell</span></a> power grid that has connected them to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a> for the last 80 years. The will connect to the synchronous grid of Continental <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> - the largest synchronous power grid in the world. This has been planned since 2018 and was affirmed by a decision of the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> in 2023.</p><p>During the procedure,all power lines to the Russian grid will be severed. The Baltic States will become a power island for about one day. During this time, their regional grid will be synchronized to the Eurpean grid before it can be connected to it through a new power line between <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a>.</p><p>The operation is not without risk. In addition to technical challenges, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/sabotage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sabotage</span></a> from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> is expected. The Baltic States have set up their military to protect their critical power infrastructure over the weekend.</p><p>As a result of the process, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Kaliningrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kaliningrad</span></a> will also be cut off from the Russian grid and become a power island for the foreseeable future.</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d64c2559-1d39-4c72-9317-887598f81799" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/d64c2559-1d39-4</span><span class="invisible">c72-9317-887598f81799</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>A historical moment in Grobiņa – what is a synchronous compensator and how will it change the future of Latvia? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/646428/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/646428/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Featured</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Grobina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grobina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SynchronousCompensator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SynchronousCompensator</span></a></p>
Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/KRITIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KRITIS</span></a> Sektor <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Energie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energie</span></a></p><p>The Baltics are ready to join the European <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> system in order to achieve complete <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> in the realm of energy supply </p><p>"Since Russia's <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/invasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasion</span></a> of Ukraine in 2022, the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/risks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risks</span></a> facing the Baltic energy system have increased. In order to mitigate these, the Baltic energy system will <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/disconnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disconnect</span></a> from Russia's unified energy system (the so-called <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> transmission system) and join the European system..."<br><a href="https://www.ast.lv/en/events/baltics-are-ready-join-european-energy-system-order-achieve-complete-independence-realm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ast.lv/en/events/baltics-are-r</span><span class="invisible">eady-join-european-energy-system-order-achieve-complete-independence-realm</span></a></p>
Putin's IBS<p>the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> contract for the operation of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Baltic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltic</span></a> power systems on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a>-controlled <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPS</span></a>/#UPS grid will expire on February 7, 2025. Afterwards, an isolated operational test of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Baltic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltic</span></a> energy system will be performed. Then, on February 9, 2025, it will synchronously connect to that of continental <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>.</p><p>In <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Vilnius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vilnius</span></a>, back on October 31, a timer counting down 100 days to the day when the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Baltic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltic</span></a> electricity systems will synchronize with the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> electricity system was launched</p>
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]<p>Ukraine Daily Summary - Wednesday, July 17 2024</p><p>Russia's statistics service excludes data from annual report to conceal war deaths -- Ukraine hits Russian S-300 system in Donetsk Oblast -- Repair of Ukraine's largest hydroelectric power plant to take at least 3 years due to Russian attacks -- Drone drops munitions on factory in Russia's Kursk Oblast -- Stuck in legal limbo, Ukrainian civilians endure torture in Russian prisons -- and more</p><p><a href="https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20July%2017%202024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U</span><span class="invisible">kraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Wednesday,%20July%2017%202024/</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Baltic states to disconnect Russian power grid in February 2025</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Latvia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latvia</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Lithuania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lithuania</span></a> are the only EU countries not connected to the continental grid, instead being part of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> system, which comprises the 3 Baltic states, Russia, &amp; Belarus</p><p>The Baltic nations initially aimed to join European system by the end of 2025. However, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the timeline moved earlier</p><p><a href="https://kyivindependent.com/baltic-states-to-disconnect-from-joint-russian-power-grid-in-february-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/baltic-sta</span><span class="invisible">tes-to-disconnect-from-joint-russian-power-grid-in-february-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PowerGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerGrid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BalticStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BalticStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaInvadedUkraine</span></a></p>
Via Baltica<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Baltic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Baltic</span></a> States will decouple from the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BRELL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRELL</span></a> power grid linked to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belarus</span></a> in the beginning of 2025, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>'s PM Kaja Kallas announced. The initial plan was to connect the Baltic power grids to the European system by the end of 2025.</p><p><a href="https://viabaltica.fi/baltic-baltic-power-grids-to-decouple-from-russia-by-2025-estonian-pm/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">viabaltica.fi/baltic-baltic-po</span><span class="invisible">wer-grids-to-decouple-from-russia-by-2025-estonian-pm/</span></a></p>