Baltic Pipe

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The Baltic Pipe (German as much as Ostsee-Rohr, Baltic pipe or tube) is a planned natural gas pipeline from Denmark through the Baltic Sea to Poland . This is intended to import Norwegian natural gas . If necessary, natural gas can also be pumped from Poland to Denmark. The Baltic Pipe Project is one of eight gas pipeline sub-projects under the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan (BEMIP), which was adopted in November 2008 by the European Commission .

aims

The largest pipelines that transport natural gas from Russia to the EU

In economic terms , the partners pursue an economic , mutually beneficial trade.

Economically , it is about the networking of the energy supply systems of the European Union (EU) . The aim is to stabilize the energy supply in their regions by z. B. seasonal, geographical and climatic fluctuations can be compensated. The natural gas can be transported in both directions.

In geopolitical terms , it is about the development of the EU's own energy sources for the member states. This should make them less dependent on natural gas and oil imports from non-EU countries. B. from the Russian Federation and its transit through Belarus and Ukraine . Gas imports from Russia accounted for around 68% in Poland in 2017. The contract between Poland and the Russian gas supplier Gazprom will expire in 2022 . Until then, the Baltic Pipe is to be put into operation. Poland attaches so much importance to the project that they accept that natural gas from the Norwegian shelf areas is more expensive than that from Siberia .

Partner, financing

Partners are the Danish gas and electricity transmission network operator Energinet.dk , the Polish Oil Mining and Gas Corporation ( PGNiG ) and the Polish gas transmission network operator GAZ-SYSTEM SA

Denmark and Poland will share the total costs of an estimated two billion euros. Denmark alone expects that its investment will be amortized after 15 years due to the transmission fees that Poland has to bear.

The project is supported by the Facility co-finances the European Union "Connecting Europe Facility". The 2017 subsidy decision supports preparatory measures, including permits, up to a maximum of 33.1 million euros . The 2018 subsidy decision supports measures to strengthen the national gas transport systems in Poland and Denmark for the needs of the Baltic Pipe project up to a maximum of 18.3 million euros.

course

The Baltic Pipe is a branch of the existing Europipe II route , which runs from Norway through the North Sea to Lower Saxony in Germany. To the west of Denmark it connects in the North Sea and is led to the Danish mainland and over it until it runs from Denmark through the Baltic Sea to Poland.

The Baltic Pipe project will be around 900 kilometers in length. It consists of five components (see map above):

  1. North Sea offshore pipeline connecting the Norwegian gas network in the North Sea with the Danish gas transmission network
  2. Onshore Denmark: Expansion of the existing Danish transmission network from west to east
  3. Compressor station in Denmark in the eastern part of Zealand
  4. Baltic offshore pipeline between Denmark and Poland through the Baltic Sea
  5. Onshore Poland: Expansion of the Polish gas transmission network

The direct submarine pipeline (number 4 above) between the Danish town of Faxe on the Danish island of Zealand ( Sjælland ) and the Polish Niechorze- Pogorzelica ( West Pomeranian Voivodeship ) will be 275 kilometers long. The construction costs should amount to 335-350 million euros and are u. a. among other imponderables also depends on the final diameter of the pipes.

The Baltic Pipe and the Nord Stream pipelines built by Germany and Russia will cross north- east of Rügen and south-west of the island of Bornholm . The exact route of the pipes at this delicate point is still being clarified.

realization

  • In November 2007 the cooperation agreement between EnergiNet, GAZ-SYSTEM and PGNiG was signed.
  • Subsidy decisions of the EU in 2017 and 2018
  • On July 9, 2017, Prime Ministers Ms. Beata Szydło and Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen signed a memorandum on the construction of the pipeline.
  • On November 30, 2018, the Polish government announced that Poland and Denmark had contractually agreed on the construction of the natural gas pipeline at the state level and that the investment decision had thus been made.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Presentation of the Polish Ministry of Economic Affairs , accessed on December 3, 2018
  2. ↑ a b c DPA: Poland and Denmark build natural gas pipeline in Märkische Oderzeitung from December 3, 2018, p. 5
  3. ↑ a b c Dietrich Schröder: Competition to Nord Stream in Märkische Oderzeitung from December 12, 2018, p. 6
  4. ↑ Internet presence of the Baltic Pipe Project , accessed on December 3, 2018