A ceremony for the opening of the Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline was held in Goleniow, Poland on Tuesday.
Polish President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attended the ceremony for the pipeline that is a key route to carry gas from Norway through Denmark to Poland and neighboring countries
Gas transmission through the pipeline, which will carry 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year from Norway to Poland, will start on Oct. 1.
Morawiecki said at the opening ceremony that the era of Russian domination in the gas sphere, marked by threats and extortion, ends today.
'We are entering a new era of sovereignty, energy freedom and increased energy security,' he said.
He added that 'safety comes from cooperation. We show the world that through cooperation and solidarity, it is possible to increase the security and energy sovereignty of our continent. The Baltic Pipe is the opposite of what served Putin's war plans.'
The project has been set up in collaboration between the Danish gas and electricity transmission system operator Energinet and the Polish gas transmission system operator GAZ-SYSTEM.
The Baltic Pipe project consists of five major components:
- The North Sea offshore pipeline
- An onshore pipeline in Denmark
- A compressor station in Denmark
- The Baltic Sea offshore pipeline
- Onshore Poland.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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