Baltic Pipe
Current status of the project
Construction of the pipeline is currently being conducted several places in Denmark. We are burying the pipeline on Zealand and according to the updated plan, this part of the project will be finished in 2021. Construction work is also taking place on the West coast where the pipeline will come ashore from the North Sea. In Everdrup, Zealand, construction of the compressor station began in summer 2020. The offshore pipeline was pulled across the Little Belt in 2020 and is now ready to be connected to the onshore pipeline in Jutland and Funen. In both these places, construction is scheduled to begin in 2021.
Our Polish partner GAZ-SYSTEM is working on the Eastern coast of Zealand. Here, the pipeline will come ashore from the Baltic Sea.
Due to Covid-19, work on the construction project is carried out with several actions, aimed at reducing the risk of spreading the virus.
Important milestones
Public hearings
2018 - 2019
Public hearings and information meetings for citizens affected by construction work.
Final investment decicion
30 November, 2018
Energinet and GAZ-SYSTEM make the final investment decisions for the Baltic Pipe project.
Environmental approval
12 July, 2019
Danish Environmental Protection Agency issues the environmental approval for construction work on land.
Geotechnical studies
2019
Geotechnical studies are carried out to get an overview of soil conditions along the planned routing of the pipeline. More than 500 geotechnical drillings are made across Jutland, Funen and Zealand.
Archaeological studies
2019 - 2021
Local museums make archaelogical studies before the actual construction work begins. If they find interesting, prehistoric objects, archaeologists will have the opportunity of undertaking actual excavations.
Offshore environmental approval
25 October, 2019
The Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities grants permits to the offshore parts of the gas pipeline. Energinet is responsible for the pipeline on the maritime and continental shelf in the North Sea and the Little Belt and GAZ-SYSTEM for the maritime and continental shelf in the Baltic Sea.
Construction work
December 2019 - 2022
Construction work takes place across Denmark, expected to last approximately two and a half years.
Project completion
2022
Following tests of pipeline and compressor station, Baltic Pipe will begin the transmission of gas by the end of 2022.