#Estonia

The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are now unplugged from Russia’s electricity grid and have joined the European Union’s network.

Estonia has provided Ukraine with more than 140 transformers and over 300 pieces of energy equipment through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Estonia’s TSO Elering has successfully completed the reconstruction work on the Viru-Tsirguliina 330 kV overhead transmission line.

The Estonian energy company Evecon and Mirova, an asset manager dedicated to sustainable finance, inaugurated the Kirikmäe Solar Park.

Reconstruction of the transmission lines will provide sufficient infrastructure for the energy independence of the Baltic States from Russia’s power system.

The system is to be upgraded with MACH™ control and protection system to enhance power security.

A third Estonia-Latvia interconnection makes it possible to maintain secure and stable operation of the Baltic electricity systems.

Estonia, Tallin: Estonian transmission system operator Elering has secured funding from the European Commission to speed up the integration of renewable energy.

Estonia, Tallin: A new electricity connection between Estonia and its southern neighbour Latvia has been completed.

An electric power substation being built in southwestern Estonia will serve as a hub for the movement of electricity from Estonia to Latvia and vice versa in the future.

AS Merko Infra, part of AS Merko Ehitus groups Estonian construction company, and Elering AS entered into a contract for the construction of Jäneda 110 kV substation.

Norway, Oslo: Power prices in Estonia surged on Monday due to an outage on the 650-megawatt Estlink 2 submarine power cable to Finland which sent the spread between Estonian and Finnish prices to almost 10 euros, reports Reuters.