Ukraine has become part of the European Union’s Energy Union, meaning that it has joined the European ENTSO-E energy network, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine wrote on Twitter .
The unification of the Ukrainian and European energy systems has been completed,” the President of Ukraine wrote.
This means that now Ukrainian electricity flows to Europe and European one to Ukraine.
From now on, the flow of electricity between Ukraine on the one hand, and Belarus and Russia on the other, will become impossible. Ukraine will become entirely integrated with the European energy market, with all its advantages and disadvantages.
Ukrainian producers will be able to export energy at higher prices than domestic ones, but imported energy may also be more expensive (than domestic energy).
Volodymyr Kudrytskyy, Head of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo, confirmed that Ukraine has joined the EU energy.
“Ukrainian and European energy systems work synchronously. Europe’s energy system from today extends from Mariupol to Lisbon,” said Kudrytsky.
He reminded that during the 21 days of the war, the Ukrainian system surprised European politicians and energy workers with stable and balanced work under rocket fire and airstrikes aimed at energy facilities.
“We persevered. Because we were ready,” Kudrytskyi stressed.
ENTSO-E also confirmed the successful synchronization of continental Europe with the energy systems of Ukraine and Moldova.
“After an urgent request from Ukrenergo and Moldova for emergency synchronization, the operators of the energy system of continental Europe agreed to start a trial synchronization on March 16, 2022,” the organization reminded.
Acceleration of the synchronization project, which has been ongoing since 2017, has been made possible by previous research and risk mitigation measures.