Submarine cable between Estonia and Finland: disruption causes excitement!

Submarine cable between Estonia and Finland: disruption causes excitement!

Another incident affects the EstLink 2 submarine power cable, which secures the energy supply between Estonia and Finland. How krone.at reported that the cable was taken off the network for unknown reasons. This is the second failure in a year as the cable previously failed due to a short circuit in January and required repairs by September. Despite the current incident, Estonia's energy supply remains secure, according to the Estonian grid operator Elering.

Disturbance under observation

The Finnish authorities are also keeping an eye on the situation. Prime Minister Petteri Orpo emphasized via Platform Loud t-online.de An investigation is currently underway to clarify the exact background to the disruption.

Submarine cables are frequently affected by faults, often caused by accidents such as ship anchors. Things become critical when such cables, which are part of essential infrastructure, are targeted by military operations. This issue has received increasing attention in recent years, particularly since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the events surrounding the Nord Stream pipelines, which have focused public and military attention on the security of such infrastructure.