Estonian undersea power cable finally in service

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The undersea electricity cable running from Estonia to Finland, which was officially inaugurated in early December last year, was finally taken into use on Wednesday night. On Thursday morning 280 megawatts of power ran through the cable, which has a maximum capacity of 350 megawatts.
      If the Nordic Countries undergo a sudden cold snap, the cable's full capacity can be taken into use to help meet peak demand, promised Indrek Aarna, CEO of the cable's operator, Nordic Energy Link.
     
Although work on the cable was largely finished late last year, technical problems forced a delay in actually taking it into service.
      The cable links the Baltic countries with the Nordic electricity network. Extending from Harku in Estonia to Espoo, west of Helsinki, the cable is 105 kilometres in length.
      Nordic Energy Link is owned by the energy companies of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as the Finnish electric utilities Helsinki Energy and Pohjolan Voima. The cable was built by ABB.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Cable links Finnish electric grid with Baltic States (5.12.2006)

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