Baltic Pipe

Baltic Pipe
Map
Location of Baltic Pipe
Location
Country
FromEuropipe II, North Sea
Passes through
ToPoland
General information
Typenatural gas
Operator
Commissioned27 September — 30 November 2022
Technical information
Length900 km (560 mi)
Maximum discharge
  • 10 billion m3/a (350 billion cu ft/a) (Norway–Denmark–Poland)
  • 3 billion m3/a (110 billion cu ft/a) (Poland–Denmark)
The target network of Polish gas pipelines
Polish electricity generation by source

The Baltic Pipe is a natural gas pipeline between Europipe II (which traverses the North Sea between Norway and Germany) and Poland. It is a strategic infrastructure project to create a new European gas supply corridor.[1]

The Baltic Pipe transports natural gas from the North Sea to Poland via Denmark at up to 10 billion cubic metres (350 billion cubic feet) per year.[1][2] The project was developed by the Danish gas and electricity transmission system operator Energinet and the Polish gas transmission system operator Gaz-System.[3][4] The project is recognised as a Project of Common Interest of the European Union.[5][3]

The Baltic Pipe officially became operational on 27 September 2022,[6] one day after a series of as of yet unexplained explosions on 26 September 2022 rendered the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany inoperable.[7]

  1. ^ a b "ENERGINET: Baltic Pipe can be put into full operation one month ahead of planned". www.baltic-pipe.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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  3. ^ a b "The pipe dream securing EU energy security". Pipeline International. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  4. ^ "The Baltic Pipe Project moves to the next level". CEEP. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  5. ^ Morgan, Sam (27 June 2019). "Baltic power games in the ascendancy". Euractiv. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference regjeringen20220927 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Scislowska, Monika; Olsen, Jan M.; Keyton, David (28 September 2022). "Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely". ABC News. American Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 28 September 2022.