Augusta Gas Pipeline

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The Augusta Gas Pipeline is a gas pipeline under construction in Germany.

Location

The pipeline is will run from Wertingen to Kotz, Germany.

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Project details

• Operator: Bayernets
• Owner: Bayernets
• Parent company: Bayerngas GmbH (59.1%); Stadtwerke München GmbH (32.4%); Stadtwerke Augsburg Holding GmbH (8.5%)
• Capacity:
• Length: 40.5 km
• Diameter: 700 mm
• Status: Construction
• Start year: 2025
• Cost: €180 million

Background

In 2021, Bayernets has started the approval process for this gas pipeline, which they expected to receive by 2023. Construction of the pipeline was expected to begin in the first quarter of 2024, with a final commissioning date in the last quarter of 2024. At this time the estimated cost of the project was €128 million.

Construction work on the pipeline began in May of 2025 and the company reported in a press release that they expected the project to be commissioned by the end of 2025. The estimated cost of the project in 2025 had increased to €180 million.