EU set to synchronize Ukraine's power grid with its own

The European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson tweeted before the EU energy ministers' meeting in Brussels that "the most important point on the agenda is of course our support to Ukraine. I will ask the ministers to support the emergency synchronization of the Ukrainian power grid with the European grid as soon as possible."

After the meeting, the Croatian minister said that in the coming period the European power supply network would be connected with the Ukrainian system and that this would be carried out in the manner that would not undermine the stability and security of the European grid.

Coric said that all the member-states expressed the highest level of solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people and wish to help them.

The minister said that the current energy crisis with energy price hikes encouraged the member-states to be more and more oriented to the further de-carbonization and transition to renewables.

German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Robert Habeck, said that Berlin supports a proposal made by the European Commission to activate an emergency procedure to synchronize the Union's power grid with that of Ukraine, however, the syncronization must be conducted in line with European standards so as to avoid scenarios of electricity blackouts for Europe in the event that the Russian army takes over Ukrainian power plants.