Finnish authorities investigate the disconnection of an underwater power line to Estonia
Kyiv • UNN
On Christmas Day, the Estlink 2 line between Finland and Estonia was interrupted. The Finnish authorities are investigating the cause of the outage, not ruling out the possibility of vandalism.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo commented on the interruption of the electricity connection between Finland and Estonia.
Transmitted by UNN with reference to Reuters and Iltalehti.
Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Wednesday that his country's authorities are investigating the cause of the breakdown of an undersea power cable on a line connecting Finland and Estonia. Orpo also wrote a short post on the topic on his X page.
In the afternoon, the Estlink 2 power line between Finland and Estonia went down. The authorities are not sleeping even on Christmas and are investigating the case
"Even on Christmas, the authorities are ready to investigate this issue," Orpo said in a post on X.
The Prime Minister of Finland noted that the loss of communication would not affect the supply of electricity to Finns.
Context
The Estlink 2 electrical connection between Finland and Estonia was interrupted on Christmas Day at 12:26.
Fingrid's control room manager Arto Pakhkin says the cause of the malfunction is currently being investigated.
We cannot rule out the possibility of vandalism. However, we are currently investigating the situation in general and will inform you of the cause of the malfunction as soon as we know it
According to the company, the transmission capacity of the connection at the time of the outage was 658 MW from Finland to Estonia.
Recall
Ukraine will receive a power unit from the Estonian power plant, which will provide electricity to 150 thousand people. In 2025, two more power units are planned to be transferred.
