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The Guardian: Finland-Estonia undersea power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
The Guardian - Finland-Estonia power cable hit in latest Baltic Sea incident
The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled out
Agence France-Presse in Helsinki
Wed 25 Dec 2024 10.36 EST
An undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and energy pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations, Arto Pahkin, told the public broadcaster Yle that sabotage could not be ruled out.
Finland’s prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said the outage had not affected the country’s electricity supplies.
“The authorities remain vigilant even during Christmas and are investigating the situation,” he wrote on X.
Fingrid said current on the EstLink 2 cable sending electricity to Estonia was cut at 12:26pm local time (10:26 GMT).
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The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations says sabotage can’t be ruled out
Agence France-Presse in Helsinki
Wed 25 Dec 2024 10.36 EST
An undersea power cable linking Finland and Estonia broke down on Wednesday, Finland’s prime minister said, the latest in a series of incidents involving cables and energy pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
The Finnish electricity grid’s head of operations, Arto Pahkin, told the public broadcaster Yle that sabotage could not be ruled out.
Finland’s prime minister, Petteri Orpo, said the outage had not affected the country’s electricity supplies.
“The authorities remain vigilant even during Christmas and are investigating the situation,” he wrote on X.
Fingrid said current on the EstLink 2 cable sending electricity to Estonia was cut at 12:26pm local time (10:26 GMT).
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