Cable connecting Finland and Germany to be repaired, state-controlled company says: such incidents without outside interference do not occur

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

A rupture occurred on the Baltic Sea cable that provides part of the electricity supply to Finland from Germany. The repair will begin as soon as possible.

The cause of the accident is still unknown but Fingrid, the Finnish state-controlled company that manages the country's electricity grid, stated that such incidents do not happen without external impact.

The 140-kilometer Estlink 2 cable is one of the two subsea cables that connect Finland to Estonia and through it to the Central European electricity market.

The damaged cable reduced the amount of imported electricity by 800 megawatts, equal to the consumption of a small city.

Estonia's electricity network operator, Elering, said repairs could take weeks.

Finland, which usually exports electricity to the region, warned that the situation may increase the price of electricity in the country.

The subsea power link between Finland and Estonia was cut in a suspected act of sabotage in September. That incident occurred on the Estlink 1 cable, the other subsea cable that connects the two countries.

At the time, authorities suspected that the cable was damaged by a ship's anchor hitting the cable.

In the latest incident, the damage to the cable was located about 140 kilometers from the Finnish coast, in the middle of the Baltic Sea.

The repairs are expected to be completed within a few weeks, but the investigation into the incident is likely to take longer.