Disturbance hits submarine power link between Finland and Sweden


COPENHAGEN, March ⁠10 (Reuters) - A disturbance ⁠has occurred on ‌the Fenno-Skan 2 power connection between Finland and Sweden, ​Finnish grid ⁠operator Fingrid said ⁠on Tuesday.

"The cause of ⁠the ‌failure is being investigated," ⁠Fingrid said in a statement.

Fenno-Skan ​2 ‌is a 800 ⁠megawatt (MW) high-voltage ​direct current electricity transmission link between ⁠Finland and Sweden.

The ​outagewas expected to last for around 18 hours, ⁠according to a separate regulatory statement published by Swedish grid ​operator ⁠Svenska kraftnaet on the ​Nord Pool ‌messaging platform.

(Reporting by ​Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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