Installation of the €320m high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power line began on the Estonian coast, according to Bloomberg.
The transmission line will commence in Finland as early as next month followed by final testing and commissioning in 2013.
Estonia’s Elering and Fingrid Oyj of Finland said in a joint statement that, "The Estlink-2 HVDC connection is built so as to improve power system security and electricity market integration in the Baltic Sea region."
Fingrid said the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are currently connected with the Nordic region through a 350MW line.
By 2015, the countries’ links with power networks and markets in neighboring nations are expected to be further enhanced by a 700MW NordBalt cable from Sweden to Lithuania and a 500MW LitPol interconnector from Lithuania to Poland.
