No sign of sabotage in Finland-Sweden power outage, operator says
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Sweden's Svenska kraftnat said the outage was caused by technical faults and that the police were not involved in the probe.
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COPENHAGEN - An undersea power cable linking Finland and Sweden suffered an unexpected outage on March 10 due to a technical fault, but there were no indications of sabotage, operators Fingrid and Svenska kraftnat said on March 10.
The Baltic Sea region has been on high alert after a string of underwater power cable, telecommunications link and gas pipeline outages since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, with sabotage and shipping accidents blamed for the incidents.
The outage on March 10 of the Fenno-Skan 2 interconnector appeared to have been caused by a malfunction at a substation, while the undersea cable section appeared to be unharmed, Fingrid spokesman Jonne Jappinen said.
Sweden’s Svenska kraftnat also said the outage was caused by technical faults and that no police or any other law enforcement agencies were involved in the probe.
The outage on the 800MW power line was expected to last for around 18 hours, according to a regulatory statement published by Svenska kraftnat on the Nord Pool messaging platform.
“Our assessment is that Fenno-Skan will be operational again shortly,” the Swedish company said in a statement to Reuters. REUTERS
