Another Mysterious Breakdown of a Baltic Sea Cable
Authorities are looking into an incident involving the undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia, according to Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. Read Full Article at RT.com.
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The undersea connection delivering electricity from Finland to Estonia has experienced an outage, prompting investigations by Finnish authorities, as stated by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. The failure was recorded on Wednesday by the operator of Estlink 2, which transmits electricity to Estonia through the Baltic Sea, according to the power exchange Nord Pool.
“The authorities are on standby over Christmas and are investigating the matter,” Orpo noted on X, emphasizing that the power supply in Finland has not been impacted.
Fingrid, the cable’s operator, plans to begin damage inspections on Thursday morning, as shared by the company’s network operations manager, Arto Pahkin.
“We are investigating several possible causes, from sabotage to technical failure, and nothing has been ruled out yet,” Pahkin remarked to Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday. “At least two vessels were sailing near the cable at the time of disruption.”
The Estonian transmission system operator, Elering, assured that Estonia’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 informed public broadcaster ERR.
In a related context, last month saw disruptions to two undersea telecommunications cables: C-Lion1, linking Germany and Finland, and BCS East-West Interlink, connecting Sweden and Lithuania. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius remarked at that time that Berlin had to “assume, without certain information, that the damage was caused by sabotage.”
These cables are situated close to the Nord Stream pipelines, which were damaged by sabotage in September 2022. Although no entity has claimed responsibility for the attack, various Western media outlets reported that individuals associated with Ukraine may have been involved.
In October 2024, Moscow asserted it had “evidence” implicating the US and the UK in the Nord Stream sabotage, a claim that London, Washington, and Kiev have all denied.
Mathilde Moreau for TROIB News
“The authorities are on standby over Christmas and are investigating the matter,” Orpo noted on X, emphasizing that the power supply in Finland has not been impacted.
Fingrid, the cable’s operator, plans to begin damage inspections on Thursday morning, as shared by the company’s network operations manager, Arto Pahkin.
“We are investigating several possible causes, from sabotage to technical failure, and nothing has been ruled out yet,” Pahkin remarked to Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat on Wednesday. “At least two vessels were sailing near the cable at the time of disruption.”
The Estonian transmission system operator, Elering, assured that Estonia’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 informed public broadcaster ERR.
In a related context, last month saw disruptions to two undersea telecommunications cables: C-Lion1, linking Germany and Finland, and BCS East-West Interlink, connecting Sweden and Lithuania. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius remarked at that time that Berlin had to “assume, without certain information, that the damage was caused by sabotage.”
These cables are situated close to the Nord Stream pipelines, which were damaged by sabotage in September 2022. Although no entity has claimed responsibility for the attack, various Western media outlets reported that individuals associated with Ukraine may have been involved.
In October 2024, Moscow asserted it had “evidence” implicating the US and the UK in the Nord Stream sabotage, a claim that London, Washington, and Kiev have all denied.
Mathilde Moreau for TROIB News
