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Bolstering energy security in Northeastern Europe
through transatlantic cooperation
Northeastern Europe has already made efforts to end its
reliance on Russian energy supplies, through investment
in gas infrastructure and clean energy technology. This
pivot not only insulates the region from Russian energy
leverage but primes its transformation into an energy hub
for all of Europe. Ongoing diversification in Northeastern
Europe would ensure regional energy security and
contribute to the climate and security objectives of the
entire continent.
The United States can play a meaningful role in this
endeavor. Transatlantic coordination could bolster the
liquefied natural gas trade, drive investment into critical
infrastructure, bring clean technologies to market quicker,
and foster completion of the Baltic states’
desynchronization from the Russian power grid. Doing so
would create a bulwark of low-carbon energy security on
Russia’s border, impeding its campaign to wield energy as
a weapon while advancing the objectives of the European
Green Deal. Northeastern Europe is the perfect region for
the United States and its allies to prove that de-
Russification and decarbonization of the energy sector can
occur in tandem.
I. Introduction
Moscow’s war in Ukraine is pushing European energy
systems toward a future without Russian energy imports.
The Kremlin is wielding natural gas shut-offs and
curtailment to exert pressure on European countries,
intertwining Russia’s energy exports with its military
priorities. Europe’s continued purchases of Russian gas
contribute to a record windfall of $20 billion per month
that funds Russia’s war.
1
Drastically reducing these
profits through European energy diversification is one of
the most effective ways to deprive Russia of revenue for
the war and its other malign activities.
Northeastern Europe—the Baltic States and their
immediate neighbors Finland and Poland—has already
taken important steps toward breaking its reliance on
Russian energy through investments in natural gas
infrastructure and clean energy technologies. Even prior
to the war in Ukraine, Northeastern Europe anticipated the
risk of overreliance on Russian energy, and advanced
toward broader European integration of electricity and gas
markets, enabling its transformation from an energy island
to an emerging energy hub.
As Europe weighs sanctions and price caps on Russian gas
and prepares for a winter without Russian energy imports,
Northeastern Europe must accelerate its efforts to
disentangle its energy systems from Russia’s through
energy diversification and desynchronization from
Russia’s power grid. New imported energy sources and
localized low-carbon generation will strengthen regional
security, enhance Northeastern Europe’s role in the
European energy system, and diminish Russia’s ability to
finance its wars and to extort political obedience from
European capitals.
The United States can play a meaningful role in bolstering
Northeastern Europe’s security and climate objectives.
Transatlantic coordination on critical infrastructure
development, increased liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade,
and technical expertise would expedite diversification,
clean energy deployment, and the commercialization of
new energy technologies in Northeastern Europe.
Furthermore, US collaboration can help the region to
mitigate Moscow’s hybrid threat arsenal, including grid
cyber defense, energy-related disinformation, and the
proximity of Russian-made nuclear reactors to the region.
By pursuing these priorities with the United States’
support, Northeastern Europe can delink from Russia’s
power system to become a prominent exporter of clean
energy, enabling resilience across Central and Eastern
Europe (CEE). Moreover, expanded LNG capacity in the
region can provide an alternative supply into the European
Union (EU) gas network to address near-term gas
challenges, an outcome that is in the best interest not only
of Europe, but also of the United States.
The United States has a clear interest in advancing these
efforts; a strong, energy-secure Europe is a top
geostrategic priority for the transatlantic alliance as it
contends with resurgent authoritarianism. Northeastern
Europe is on the frontlines of Russian attempts to reclaim
a sphere of influence and relitigate the post-Cold War
settlement, as evidenced by the latest assault against
Ukraine. The overwhelming support in Washington for
the region’s energy security is a testament to the
nonpartisan nature of this issue. Northeastern Europe, the
European Union, and the United States must work
together to capitalize on this historic moment to accelerate
energy security efforts to bolster NATO’s eastern flank,
while pursuing climate objectives to deliver on the Paris
Agreement. Transatlantic partnership on gas, cleantech,
and integration of the Baltic grid into the European system
will be critical to synergize energy diversification and
decarbonization of the Northeastern European energy
system to advance security and climate objectives in
tandem.
II Regional energy diversification and
decarbonization
Northeastern European energy requires diversification of
both natural gas import sources and the region’s overall
energy mix, two processes that are complementary. While
regional and broader EU efforts have made substantial
progress on both of these fronts, US support will be critical
to accelerating supply diversification and decarbonization
in accordance with the urgency created by the war in
Ukraine.
2.1 Diversifying natural gas supply in the region
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