Baltic countries sign MoU to bolster energy co-operation

The agreement was signed in the margins of the informal meeting of EU energy ministers in Warsaw by Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen and energy ministers of the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP) High-Level group.

The parties also agreed to strengthen the internal energy market, promoting energy efficiency and exploiting the growing potential of renewable energy.

The MoU was described by the parties as "a milestone in the region’s efforts to create a more unified, efficient and sustainable energy market while ensuring energy security." 

Before signing the MoU, BEMIP energy ministers and Commissioner Jørgensen discussed pressing energy security matters for the region, including in the Baltic. The discussion took place in the context of implementation of the Action Plan on Cable Security adopted in February 2025, with a focus on prevention, detection, response and recovery, and deterrence.

Commissioner Jørgensen said, “I welcome the MoU signed by BEMIP members. It will accelerate regional co-operation on interconnectors enhancing our energy security and resilience and step up joint work to protect our critical energy infrastructure, including undersea cables. This is even more vital in the current geopolitical circumstances, when boosting energy independence and security is an absolute must.”

The BEMIP High-Level Group was established in October 2008 and includes the European Commission and eight EU countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden, with Norway as an observer. 

One of the main aims of BEMIP is to end ‘energy isolation’ in the Baltic region and integrate it fully into the EU energy markets. Efforts are also ongoing in the region to ensure energy security and the security of energy infrastructure, complete remaining projects linked to the synchronisation of Baltic states networks with European networks, increase transmission capacity in the Nordic area, develop a regional decarbonised gas market, work towards the decarbonisation of the gas systems in the region and make the most of the region’s energy efficiency and renewable energy potential, both onshore and offshore. 

The first BEMIP MoU was signed on 17 June 2009 and focused on electricity and gas markets, infrastructure and power generation. On 8 June 2015, a new MoU was signed extending the initiative’s scope to security of supply, energy efficiency, renewable energy and the integration of the Baltic States’ electricity network into the continental European network, including their synchronous operation.