Denmark gives green light to Nord Stream

Denmark’s Energy Authority has granted a permit to Nord Stream AG, October 2009, to construct the Danish section of its planned 1,223 km natural gas pipeline. The pipeline is planned to transport natural gas through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany for connection to the European energy grid, and will pass through 87.7 km of Denmark’s territorial waters and 49.9 km of its Exclusive Economic Zone.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The North-European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-nord-stream/

ESO: Background information: Europe's pipeline politics http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-pipeline-politics/

ESO: Background information: Lithuania gives cold shoulder to Nord Stream http://www.europeansources.info/record/lithuania-gives-cold-shoulder-to-nord-stream/

Nord Stream Consortium: Press Release, 21.10.09: Denmark Grants Construction Permit to Nord Stream Pipeline Project http://www.nord-stream.com/en/press0/press-releases/press-release/article/denmark-grants-construction-permit-to-nord-stream-pipeline-project.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1&cHash=ee63b911ca

ITAR-TASS, 5.11.09: Swedish govt gives consent to building Nord Stream http://www.itar-tass.com/en/

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