On 25 December 2024 at 12:26 EET, the Estlink 2 submarine power cable had an unplanned failure, reducing the Estonia – Finland cross-border capacity from 1,016 to 358 MW. Concerns about potential sabotage immediately arose due to other recent outages in the Baltic Sea region. Eagle S slowed significantly while passing Estlink 2. Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid reported to the authorities on December 25, 2024, the failure of. Repair work on the Estlink2 power cable in the Gulf of Finland is expected to cost between €50 million and €60 million, Finnish grid operator Fingrid said on Thursday. The cable, which transmits electricity between Finland and Estonia, was damaged on 25 December 2024 by the oil tanker Eagle S. Nexans, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of cable systems and services, specializing in the offshore wind sector and subsea interconnectors, has completed the repair of the Estlink 2 interconnector under contract for Fingrid, Finland's transmission system operator.
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