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The company responsible for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has received permission to lay the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on the Danish continental shelf from the Danish Energy Agency.

ENTSO-G just released a new crisis simulation report this winter. The results show that Europe is better prepared for gas transit interruption by Russia than it was back in 2009. No significant problems are expected. However, there may be difficulties in Romania and Bulgaria because of limited interconnectivity in the region – writes Serhiy Makogon, […]

There could be a coalition between Conservatives and Greens in which Greens would resign from 2030 coal exit postulate in exchange for concessions somewhere else. For example, Conservatives are thinking about 10H regulation similar to Polish and that would be more important issue from the point of view of Greens – says Hanns Koenig from […]

US President Donald Trump will visit Warsaw. This is a great opportunity to announce new sanctions against Nord Stream 2, which, however, will not be proof of success, but the failure of transatlantic policy – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

The US announcement about sanctioning Nord Stream 2 companies requires EC to take a relevant action and speak up. Although, due to the political reasons (EU’s states involvement in NS2), it is difficult for EC to fully team up with US on sanctions against Nord Stream 2, this situation begs for a vocal reaction from […]

The start of Nord Stream 2 operation will be delayed at least to the second half of 2020. It is official, just take a look at the documents – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

Inferring from the facts: If the revised Directive had posed any threat to Nord Stream 2, Germany would have been opposing it much stronger – writes Grzegorz Krzyżanowski, BiznesAlert.pl co-worker from The European University Institute.

Naftogaz filed a complaint to the European Commission against Gazprom for abuses of dominance in European gas markets. The main target of the complaint is Gazprom’s construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. Nord Stream 2 is the longest submarine gas pipeline in the world, at 1,230 kilometres. Gazprom owns and […]

In any economic analysis of Nord Stream 2 the first question to be considered is the actual cost of the project. Over the last couple of years, a variety of publications have provided widely differing cost projections. The recent data suggest that Nord Stream 2 capital investment will reach €9,5-10 billion.

The gas directive which should cover Nord Stream 2 was adopted. Preparations aiming to comply the directive with the EU law has started. Now it will start a real race against the time, says Mariusz Marszałkowski from College of Europe, and cooperator of BiznesAlert.pl.