Annual report 2022 - Report - Page 31
31 Annual Report 2022
René Frisdahl Jensen
Partner
About Baltic Pipe
Baltic Pipe is a gas pipeline that
connects the gas systems in Norway,
Denmark and Poland. It runs from the
Norwegian Europipe II gas pipeline in
the North Sea, through Denmark and
make one request to get access to the
entire Danish section of the link, from the
Norwegian upstream pipelines in the
North Sea, through the Danish gas
transmission system and on to the Polish
submarine pipeline. This has not been
seen before, and it took a lot of legal
legwork to construct a model that the
authorities could approve.”
Security of supply
While Energinet is responsible for the
Danish section of the Baltic Pipe project,
state-owned Polish Gaz-System is
responsible for the Polish section, and is
therefore Energinet’s primary partner in
the project. Baltic Pipe will reduce carbon
emissions in Poland as coal is replaced
with natural gas, but given the energy
supply situation following Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine, Baltic Pipe has
become even more vital.
the Baltic Sea, to Poland, from where it
“Poland is a large country which has coal
as its primary energy source.
Construction of a pipeline with a capacity
of ten million cubic metres of natural gas
per year is therefore a significant step
forward for Poland’s green transition. But
from the Polish side, it was also clear that
we were making it possible for the
country to move further away from its
strong dependence on Russian gas. We
are all professionals, but it is inevitable,
even as an attorney – whether Polish or
Danish – that you also feel driven by
contributing to development with such a
positive impact on so many people.”
Construction began in 2020 and was
will supply millions of consumers in
Eastern and Central European.
finally completed in September 2022.
The pipeline is now operating at full
capacity, which is ten million cubic
metres of gas per year.
Energinet has been responsible for the
construction work in Denmark. Polish
Gaz-System has been responsible for
the section from the Baltic Sea to
Poland.
Baltic Pipe has received support from
the EU, and is on the list of key
European infrastructure projects.