BERLIN, March 13 (Reuters) - Elon Musk arrived on

Wednesday at Tesla's European gigafactory in Gruenheide,

Germany, where operations had resumed after an arson attack on a

nearby electricity pylon last week led to a costly power outage

that halted production at the plant.

Pictures showed the Tesla chief executive arriving at the

German factory.

Works council head Michaela Schmitz told local radio

broadcaster rbb there would be a team meeting at the plant with

Musk. She said production had resumed after the week-long

outage.

Tesla has said it expects hundreds of millions of euros

in damages as a result of the disruption to production.

"The machines have been restarted in a controlled and safe

manner so that the early shift can resume," Schmitz told rbb.

Tesla's factory on the outskirts of Berlin was reconnected

to the grid on Monday after the March 5 arson attack, claimed by

far-left activists.

Musk has not made any statements about his plans while in

Germany, though local media have said that he might meet with

political leaders in the state of Brandenburg.