Danish Energy Agency gives key authorization for Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project

The Danish Power Firm claimed Wednesday it has approved a license to Nord Stream 2 AG to build an area of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in Danish waters southeast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

" silicone additives is given pursuant to the Continental Rack Act and based on Denmark's responsibilities under the UN Convention on the Legislation of the Sea," the Danish Energy Agency said.

On August 10, 2018, the Danish Power Company obtained an application for a course northwest of Bornholm on the continental rack. As the path elevated a variety of questions in relation to the influence on the environment and also shipping, the DEA requested Nord Stream 2 AG in March 2019 to explore a southeastern path on the continental rack.

The Danish Power Agency has actually regarded the southeastern course on the continental shelf to be more suitable to the northwestern course for its lower effect on the environment as well as delivery.

" Based on consultation reactions as well as close dialogue with relevant Danish authorities, the Danish Energy Company has actually analyzed that the southeastern path which has been approved a permit to is the better based upon ecological as well as safety factors to consider," the company claimed.

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Amongst the two southeastern course alternatives proposed by Nord Stream 2, the Danish Power Company has actually approved the quickest path, because this route provides the least risk and impact from an ecological and safety point of view and also as a result is the more effective option.

Nord Stream 2-- which will certainly increase the capacity of the gas passage via the Baltic Sea to Germany to 110 Bcm/year-- still faces significant resistance from the European Payment, nations in eastern Europe as well as the US, which all say the pipeline concentrates way too much export capability to Europe through simply one course from one resource.

According to Gazprom's most current update, some 2,042 kilometres of Nord Stream 2 has actually been laid to day-- or 83% of its complete length of 2,400 kilometres (2 strings of 1,200 kilometres).