The energy regulators of Poland (Energy Regulatory Office, ERO) and Denmark (Danish Utility Regulator, DUR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint activities for the 10 bcm/year gas pipeline Baltic Pipe project. The two regulators have agreed to exchange information on any circumstances and actions that may affect the proper enforcement of the European Union law in relation to the infrastructure of the Baltic Pipe project.
The project is developed by the Polish and Danish gas transmission system operators (TSOs) Gaz-System and Energinet.dk, which made a positive investment decision for the development of the €1.6bn project in December 2018. The gas pipeline would be made of five parts: one offshore pipeline in the North Sea between the Norwegian and the Danish gas transmission systems across 105-110 km, then a 210-230 km gas transmission section and a compressor station onshore Denmark, a 275-km offshore pipeline between Denmark and Poland across the Baltic Sea and a 230-340 km onshore gas transmission pipeline in Poland. Commissioning is scheduled by the end of 2022.