Take the path of the Baltic Sea, the new pipeline makes Poland cheer "more independent"

"Poland, Denmark, and Norway opened the Baltic Gas Gas Pipeline", and the German Press said on the 27th that government representatives from Poland, Denmark and Norway launched a new Baltic pipeline project in Grahiru, Poland. Natural gas fields are connected to Poland. "The era of Russia's natural gas led is about to end," Polish Prime Minister Moravitzki said at the setting ceremony: "A 'new era of energy sovereignty and freedom' is beginning. ","

This Baltic pipeline is about 900 kilometers of branch lines of the existing Europipe II natural gas pipeline. The Europipe II pipeline passed from Norway to the North Sea to Saxony. In the future, Norwegian natural gas can be transported east through the Baltic pipeline. The line connects the existing pipelines in western Denmark, then leads to the Denmark, and then reaches Poland through the Baltic Sea. The construction cost of the project reached 1.6 billion euros. Polish network operator Gaz-System contributed the biggest part of Energinet Energinet. The project also received 250 million euros from EU funds.

The new pipeline is planned to start gas supply in October, and its capacity is 10 billion cubic meters per year, which is exactly equivalent to half of Poland's record of natural gas consumption in 2021. Germany's Polish Polish Petroleum Company PGNig is expected to have at least 6.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas flowing to Poland next year.

The German "Frankfurt Report" believes that in a sense, the newly launched natural gas pipeline is a competitive project in Polish and Germany-Russia's "Beixi 1" and "Beixi 2". EU Energy Specialist Cadrid Simson congratulated the milestone of the EU infrastructure policy and announced that the Baltic pipeline would play an important role in alleviating the current energy crisis. The Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Secretary Tyer Oscar said that the Norwegian coast is currently drawing natural gas at full speed. The production has increased by 8%this year.

A German TV said on the 27th that Poland hopes to import more natural gas from the north. Poland became the first country to refuse to import Russia in April this year. At that time, the Polish government refused to pay the energy bill with ruble in accordance with Moscow's requirements.

Energy expert Peter Macheng Reikk said that as early as the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, Poland had been trying to find other sources of natural gas supply in the country. However, this is not just because of the distrust of Russia, the "Baltic Pipeline" is also a symbol of unwillingness between Germany and Poland. Marthirok believes that Germany can import natural gas directly from Norway, so Poland can organize Norway Energy through Germany, but the Poles have built a pipeline by bypass Germany.

The Frankfurt Report said that Poland's current electricity price is very high, and for many consumers, electricity prices have risen by about 5 times compared with previous years. As Poland has stopped importing a large number of Russian coal, experts suspect whether Poland can buy enough coal before the winter comes. ▲

Special reporter in Germany Zhao Dong

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