2024 Estlink 2 incident - Wikipedia
On 25 December 2024 at 12:26 EET, the Estlink 2 submarine power cable had an unplanned failure, reducing the Estonia–Finland cross-border capacity from 1,016 to 358 MW. Concerns about potential sabotage immediately arose due to other recent outages in the Baltic Sea region.
Undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia hit by outage ...
Dec 25, 2024 · FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A power cable linking Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea suffered an outage, prompting an investigation, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said Wednesday. Writing on X, Orpo said that power transmission through the Estlink-2 cable stopped Wednesday and that authorities were “investigating the matter.”
EstLink 2 damage to be investigated during the end of the week
3 days ago · The damage to the EstLink 2 link that failed on 25.12.2024 will be further investigated in the coming days. Further investigations at the damage site are expected to provide more information about the extent of the damages and enable more detailed planning and scheduling of the repair.
Prime minister knew EstLink 2 damage could be sabotage within …
5 days ago · Prime Minister Kristen Michal (Reform) knew that the breakage of the Estlink 2 electricity cable may have resulted from sabotage within an hour on December 25. Estonian and Finnish authorities cooperated closely throughout the operation this week. ... ERR News is the English-language service of Estonian Public Broadcasting, run by a fully ...
Finland police say Russia-linked ship held in severed cables ... - CBS News
6 days ago · The Estlink-2 power cable, which transmits energy from Finland to Estonia across the Baltic Sea, went down on Dec. 25 after an evident rupture. ... Get browser notifications for breaking news ...
Estonia navy to protect undersea power link after main cable …
Dec 27, 2024 · Estonia's power supply has been dramatically reduced after its 170km (105-mile) Estlink 2 cable was shut down. In its initial assessment on Thursday, Finland's Fingrid company said repairs to the ...
EstLink 2 electricity transmission link between Finland and Estonia …
Dec 25, 2024 · EstLink 2 is the electricity transmission link between Finland and Estonia and has a transmission capacity of 650 MW. The total length of the electricity transmission link is 170 km, of which 145 km is submarine cable, 14 km overhead on …
Finland investigates outage of undersea power link to Estonia
Dec 25, 2024 · An unplanned break in service on the Estlink 2 interconnector occurred at 1026 GMT, operator Fingrid said in a statement on the Nordpool regulatory web site, reducing its available capacity to...
Finland investigates Russian ship after electricity disconnection - BBC
Dec 26, 2024 · Estlink 2 transformer station in Porvoo, Finland Finnish police are investigating whether a Russian ship was involved in the sabotage of an electricity cable running between Finland and Estonia.
Undersea power cable suffers outage as Baltic Sea countries ... - Sky News
Dec 26, 2024 · The 658 megawatt (MW) Estlink 2 power interconnector remained offline following the outage that began at midday local time on Christmas Day.