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A fault has occurred in an undersea power cable between Estonia and Finland for unknown reasons. The EstLink 2 connection was damaged for the second time in less than a year and had to be taken off the grid.
However, the Estonian grid operator Elering was quoted by the broadcaster ERR as saying that Estonia's energy supply was secured. According to the report, EstLink 2 had already failed in January and had been repaired by September. At that time, the cause was a short circuit. The Finnish authorities were also vigilant at Christmas and were working on the problem, wrote Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Platform X. "The failure of the transmission line has no impact on the Finns' electricity supply."
Submarine cables are subject to frequent disruptions, often caused by accidents such as ship anchors. However, data and power cables are also part of the critical infrastructure and can therefore become the target of military operations. Following the damage to two communication cables in the Baltic Sea, an investigation into sabotage was launched in Sweden at the end of November.
Damaged data cables: China under suspicion
German Defense Minister Boris Pistoris said that the damage to the cables between Finland and Germany and between Sweden and Lithuania had been caused deliberately. A Chinese ship is under suspicion.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines a good seven months later, the critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea has come under increased public scrutiny, particularly from NATO
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