"VAN" (International Desk) :: Danish Energy Agency has granted a permit to Nord Stream 2 AG to construct a section of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline southeast of the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, the agency said in a press release on Wednesday.
"Danish Energy Agency has granted a permit to Nord Stream 2 AG to construct a section of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines on the Danish continental shelf southeast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea," according to the press release.
In April, Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 project, applied for two route alternatives on the continental shelf southeast of Bornholm with a length of respectively 147 km and 164 km.
Danish Energy Agency rejected the northwestern route mainly "due to an assessment of the impact on shipping and Natura 2000 areas."
The agency has approved the shortest route, since it provides the least risk and impact from an environmental and safety perspective and therefore is the preferable choice, according to the press release.
On Wednesday, Nord Stream 2 AG reported that it plans to start the preparatory work and the pipelay in Danish waters in coming weeks.
More than 2,100 km of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline have been laid for the time being, the operator said. "Pipelay has been completed in Russian, Finnish and Swedish waters, and for the most part in German waters. The construction of both landfall facilities in Russia and Germany is nearing completion," the Nord Stream 2 AG noted.
Earlier, head of Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the construction of a section of the pipeline in Danish waters would take about five weeks after the project’s operator obtains permit from the country's authorities.
Cr :: TASS
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