Another Mysterious Break in Baltic Sea Cable
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo reports that authorities are looking into an incident related to the undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia. Read Full Article at RT.com
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An undersea power line transmitting electricity from Finland to Estonia has experienced an outage.
Finnish authorities are currently probing the disruption of the undersea power cable that links Finland with Estonia, as indicated by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. The incident concerning Estlink 2, which supplies electricity to Estonia through the Baltic Sea, was reported by the power exchange Nord Pool on Wednesday.
“The authorities are on standby over Christmas and are investigating the matter,” Orpo shared on X, noting that there has been no impact on Finland's power supply.
Fingrid, the operator of the cable, plans to begin inspecting the damage on Thursday morning, according to Arto Pahkin, the company's network operations manager.
“We are investigating several possible causes, from sabotage to technical failure, and nothing has been ruled out yet,” Pahkin informed Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday. “At least two vessels were sailing near the cable at the time of disruption.”
Elering, the Estonian transmission system operator, has assured that the nation's electricity supply will remain stable. “The exact reserve capacities that will be activated depends on the market situation, but these reserve capacities exist in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,” Elering board member Reigo Kebja stated to public broadcaster ERR.
Last month, two undersea telecommunications cables were interrupted – C-Lion1, which links Germany and Finland, and BCS East-West Interlink, connecting Sweden and Lithuania. In that instance, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius suggested that Berlin had to “assume, without certain information, that the damage was caused by sabotage.”
These cables are situated near the Nord Stream pipelines, which were also damaged in a sabotage incident in September 2022. While no group has claimed responsibility for that attack, reports from Western media have suggested that individuals associated with Ukraine might have been involved.
In October 2024, Moscow asserted that it possesses evidence implicating the US and UK in the Nord Stream sabotage, a claim that London, Washington, and Kiev have vehemently denied.
Anna Muller contributed to this report for TROIB News
Finnish authorities are currently probing the disruption of the undersea power cable that links Finland with Estonia, as indicated by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. The incident concerning Estlink 2, which supplies electricity to Estonia through the Baltic Sea, was reported by the power exchange Nord Pool on Wednesday.
“The authorities are on standby over Christmas and are investigating the matter,” Orpo shared on X, noting that there has been no impact on Finland's power supply.
Fingrid, the operator of the cable, plans to begin inspecting the damage on Thursday morning, according to Arto Pahkin, the company's network operations manager.
“We are investigating several possible causes, from sabotage to technical failure, and nothing has been ruled out yet,” Pahkin informed Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday. “At least two vessels were sailing near the cable at the time of disruption.”
Elering, the Estonian transmission system operator, has assured that the nation's electricity supply will remain stable. “The exact reserve capacities that will be activated depends on the market situation, but these reserve capacities exist in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania,” Elering board member Reigo Kebja stated to public broadcaster ERR.
Last month, two undersea telecommunications cables were interrupted – C-Lion1, which links Germany and Finland, and BCS East-West Interlink, connecting Sweden and Lithuania. In that instance, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius suggested that Berlin had to “assume, without certain information, that the damage was caused by sabotage.”
These cables are situated near the Nord Stream pipelines, which were also damaged in a sabotage incident in September 2022. While no group has claimed responsibility for that attack, reports from Western media have suggested that individuals associated with Ukraine might have been involved.
In October 2024, Moscow asserted that it possesses evidence implicating the US and UK in the Nord Stream sabotage, a claim that London, Washington, and Kiev have vehemently denied.
Anna Muller contributed to this report for TROIB News
