Negative
Setback or risk materialised
Medium Impact
Significant progress or notable issue
An oil leakage was detected at the end of April 2018 on the German land cable section of the KONTEK interconnector, prompting an extended outage. To locate the leak and determine the scope of repairs, Energinet and 50Hertz switched the KONTEK connection off from the beginning of May and again from mid-May until the beginning of July 2018, removing transmission capacity on the DE–DK2 border during this period.