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Rønne on Bornholm: Power restored
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FABIAN BIMMER / REUTERS
The power failure on the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm was completely resolved on Monday afternoon.
A fault in the high-voltage grid meant that consumers on the island were without electricity from 7.49 a.m., as the state transmission system operator Energinet announced in the morning.
According to the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet, the blackout affected the entire island.
In the midday hours, the operator finally reported that the cable to Bornholm was back in operation and all consumers had electricity again.
The blackout is not directly related to the submarine cable between the island and Sweden, but is due to a local fault on Bornholm.
Energinet is responsible for the overall operation of the electricity and gas system in Denmark and owns the submarine cable that supplies electricity to Bornholm.
Although the island is part of Denmark, it is the closest to southern Sweden.
At the end of September, a total of four underwater leaks were found in the two Nord Stream pipelines near Bornholm, from which enormous amounts of gas escaped for days.
According to the authorities, at least two explosions under water have occurred before.
The EU and NATO assume sabotage.
The Kremlin had rejected speculation about Russian involvement.
sol/dpa