Denmark’s Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, located near the presumed sabotage attack on Nord Stream’s gas pipelines, on Monday suffered a power outage for several hours, electricity operator Energinet said.
Electricity was cut to the island’s 40,000 residents at 7:50 am (0550 GMT) but was restored four hours later, Energinet said.
Initially concerned the problem could be linked to an underwater cable linking the island to the continent, Energinet concluded that a “local problem” on Bornholm was at fault.
“It’s a local breakdown on the island,” an Energinet spokeswoman said.
The incident occurred two weeks after the discovery of four major gas leaks just off Bornholm on the two Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia to Germany, which investigators have attributed to underwater detonations probably due to sabotage.
Russia, the focus of the West’s suspicions, has rejected any responsibility and has in turn accused the West.
Denmark has heightened security around its energy infrastructure since the gas leaks were discovered.
Last week, Danish police said they had also received reports of unauthorised drone flights near North Sea gas fields, following similar incidents in Norway.
