Baltic Pipe, here are those who rejoice at the blocking of the Nord Stream gas pipelines
Gas flows have begun through the Baltic Pipe, the gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea between Poland and Norway inaugurated shortly after the Nord Stream sabotages. All the details
On the morning of Saturday 1 October, natural gas transported by the Baltic Pipe, the new gas pipeline – inaugurated on 27 September, reports the Energy Oltre agency – that connects the country to Norway through Denmark and the Baltic Sea began to arrive in Poland.
POLAND'S INSURANCE AGAINST RUSSIA
As Reuters explains, the pipeline is at the heart of Poland's energy strategy to diversify gas supplies and reduce dependence on Russia, which began long before the invasion of Ukraine.
Last April, Moscow cut gas supplies to Warsaw, which had refused to pay for fuel in rubles. In 2021, Poland imported 10 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia, a volume equal to the transportation capacity of the Baltic Pipe from Norway.
THE CAPACITY OF THE BALTIC PIPE AND EUROPEAN FUNDS
The Baltic Pipe – in summary – is capable of transporting up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year from Norway to Poland, and 3 billion cubic meters from Poland to Denmark. Considered a project of common European interest since 2013, it has received funds from the European Union for 267 million euros through the Connecting Europe Facility.
It was inaugurated on 27 September, the day after the probable sabotages of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines – going from Russia to Germany, under the Baltic Sea – which caused large gas leaks.
THE PARTS OF THE BALTIC PIPE
The Baltic Pipe consists of five major parts: a gas pipeline in the North Sea, onshore infrastructure in Denmark, a gas compressor station in Denmark, a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea and finally a series of onshore plants in Poland.
THE COMPANIES CONCERNED
The project was implemented through a collaboration between Energinet, the operator of the gas and electricity transmission system of Denmark, and Gaz-System, the operator of the gas transmission system of Poland. The memorandum of understanding between the two parties was signed in 2017.
Specifically, Energinet dealt with the development of infrastructures on the Danish territory. Gaz-System, on the other hand, worked on the construction of the gas pipeline between Denmark and Poland and on the expansion of the Polish gas transmission plants.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/energia/baltic-pipe-polonia-norvegia/ on Mon, 03 Oct 2022 13:02:43 +0000.