Issue 1, 2023

Initial analysis of the impact of the Ukrainian power grid synchronization with Continental Europe

Abstract

When Russia invaded Ukraine on the 24th of February 2022, this led to many acts of solidarity with Ukraine, including support for its electricity system. Just 20 days after the invasion started, the Ukrainian and Moldovan power grids were synchronized to the Continental European power grid to provide stability to these grids. Here, we present an initial analysis of how this synchronization affected the statistics of the power grid frequency and cross-border flows of electric power within Continental Europe. We observe faster inter-area oscillations, an increase in fluctuations and changes in the cross-border flows in and out of Ukraine and surrounding countries as an effect of the synchronization with Continental Europe. Overall these changes are small such that the now connected system can be considered as stable as before the synchronization.

Graphical abstract: Initial analysis of the impact of the Ukrainian power grid synchronization with Continental Europe

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
21 Jun 2022
Accepted
18 Nov 2022
First published
21 Nov 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Energy Adv., 2023,2, 91-97

Initial analysis of the impact of the Ukrainian power grid synchronization with Continental Europe

P. C. Böttcher, L. Rydin Gorjão, C. Beck, R. Jumar, H. Maass, V. Hagenmeyer, D. Witthaut and B. Schäfer, Energy Adv., 2023, 2, 91 DOI: 10.1039/D2YA00150K

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