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> The Baltics could always get more power from Finland and Sweden and disconnect entirely from Russia and Belarus if necessary. Estonia has been a net exporter
by Strom 6y ago
> The Baltics could always get more power from Finland and Sweden and disconnect entirely from Russia and Belarus if necessary.
Estonia has been a net exporter of electricity since 2017. [1] Amusingly one of the export targets is Russia.
Looking at the current live data [2] it looks like Latvia is in a similar situation, although I haven't searched for yearly statistics.
Lithuania is a net importer though, but that's largely due to major restructuring of its electricity system. Specifically because a condition of Lithuania joining the EU was that it has to shut down its nuclear power plants. If those plants were still running then Lithuania would be a big exporter, because the plants were built during Soviet times with the idea of powering a bunch of the neighboring coutries as well. [3][4]
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[1] https://majandus24.postimees.ee/6738108/energiasoltumatus-on-ajalugu-eestist-sai-elektri-netoimportija https://majandus24.postimees.ee/6738108/energiasoltumatus-on...
[2] https://www.electricitymap.org/zone/LV https://www.electricitymap.org/zone/LV
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_energy_in_Lithuania
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignalina_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignalina_Nuclear_Power_Plant
- toomuchtodo 6y agoThe EU required Lithuania to shut the nuclear reactor in question (Ignalina) down because it had an inherently flawed design making it unsafe to continue to operate. There is still an opportunity to use storage and renewables to be a power exporter. The renewables will need to be built regardless.