Klaipeda-Kursenai Gas Pipeline

From Global Energy Monitor

Klaipeda-Kursenai Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline in Lithuania.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from Klaipeda, Lithuania to Kursenai, Lithuania.[1][2]

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Pipeline details

  • Operator: AB Amber Grid
  • Owner: AB Amber Grid
  • Parent: AB Amber Grid[3][4]
  • Capacity: 0.5 million cubic meters per day[5]
  • Length: 110 km / 68.35 miles[1]
  • Diameter: 150, 250, 800 mm[6]
  • Cost: €60 million[7]
  • Financing: €28 million loan from European Investment Bank,[8] €32 million loan from Nordic Investment Bank,[9] €24,739,293 grant from the Connecting Europe Facility[10]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start Year: 2015[1]

Capacity expansion

In 2015, the pipeline's capacity was expanded from 0.5 million cubic meters per day to 6.0 million cubic meters per day.[5]

  • Operator: AB Amber Grid
  • Owner: AB Amber Grid
  • Parent: AB Amber Grid[11]
  • Capacity: 5.5 million cubic meters per day[5]
  • Length: 0 km[5]
  • Diameter:
  • Cost:
  • Financing:
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start Year: 2015[5]

Project Details: Hydrogen Expansion

  • Operator: AB Amber Grid
  • Owner: AB Amber Grid
  • Parent: AB Amber Grid[11]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 95.4 km / 59.3 mi[12]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed[13]
  • Start Year: 2030

Background

The Klaipeda-Kursenai Gas Pipeline connects the Klaipeda LNG Terminal to the Baltic gas market. Construction was completed in October 2015.

In Amber Grid's 2022 Network Development plan, they note that this pipeline will be rebuilt as a hydrogen-ready pipeline capable of carrying up to 10% Hydrogen by 2030.[14] This newly built hydrogen-ready pipeline will be part of the European Hydrogen Backbone, and is expected to be operational by 2030.[15]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Klaipeda-Kursenai LNG Pipeline (110km)", IJ Global
  2. INNOVATION AND NETWORKS EXECUTIVE AGENCY (December 2020). "Construction of the Klaipeda-Kursenai Gas Transmission Pipeline". Retrieved December 9, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Dizaino Kryptis. "Natural Gas Transmission System Operator". www.ambergrid.lt. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  4. "Pipe down: Gas companies' control over billions in EU subsidies". Global Witness. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "PCI Interactive map". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  6. "European Commission description" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 2022-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Construction of Klaipeda-Kursenai gas transmission pipeline is completed, The Baltic Course, Oct. 5, 2015
  8. AMBER GRID GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE, European Investment Bank, Dec. 21, 2015
  9. NIB finances gas pipeline in Lithuania, Nordic Investment Bank, Aug. 20, 2015
  10. Construction of the Klaipeda-Kursenai Gas Transmission Pipeline, European Commission, accessed Jan. 7, 2021
  11. 11.0 11.1 Dizaino Kryptis. "Natural Gas Transmission System Operator". www.ambergrid.lt. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  12. TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission, ENTSOG, October 2020; length calculated by Global Energy Monitor
  13. European Hydrogen Backbone. "European Hydrogen Backbone Maps". EHB. Retrieved Oct 3rd, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. Amber Grid. "NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATOR'S TEN YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2031" (PDF). Amber Grid. Retrieved Oct 3rd, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 25 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. European Hydrogen Backbone. "European Hydrogen Backbone Maps". EHB. Retrieved Oct 3rd, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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