The underwater power line between Finland and Estonia is damaged — what's happening
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Wed, 25 Dec 2024 22:12:00 +0200
Underwater power line between Finland and Estonia damagedPahkin told Yle on Wednesday evening that there were two ships above the submarine cable at the same time when the transmission link was lost.According to Iltalehti, according to the MarineTraffic service, which monitors ship traffic, the Hong Kongflagged container ship Xin Xin Tian 2 was near an electrical cable at the same moment when communication was lost.According to the Swedish Aftonbladet, the Xin Xin Tian 2 is a sister ship to the Newnew Polar Bear.
The Chinese Newnew Polar Bear damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline in October 2023.
Additionally, Aftonbladet says that another vessel that could be seen near the Estlink 2 cable today would be the Eagle S, which flies the flag of the Cook Islands.
The search for the fault will continue tomorrow morning.Damage to the Estlink 2 power line what is knowAccording to Fingrid, the Estlink 2 connection was interrupted on Christmas Day at 1226 p.m.
According to the company, the connections power transmission at the time of the outage was 658 MW from Finland to Estonia.Prime Minister Petteri Orpo commented on the issue in X.
According to him, the power outage will not affect the electricity supply of Finns.Finland and Estonia jointly own the Estlink 1 and Estlink 2 connections.
Estlink 1 is operating normally.
The electricity transmission capacity of Estlink 2 is 658 megawatts, while the capacity of Estlink 1 is smaller 350 megawatts.
The total length of Estlink 2 is about 170 km.
About 145 km of the cable runs along the seabed.
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