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Denmark, one of the largest energy traders in LNG and gas and power in the Nordic market, has brought pipeline natural gas supplies to two of the nation’s isolated areas.

The Danish Energy Agency has issued permits for Energinet and Evida to put the Lolland-Falster pipeline into operation on Danish maritime territory in Storstrømmen and Guldborg Sund.

“The Danish Energy Agency has granted a license to Energinet for the commissioning and operation of the Lolland-Falster gas pipeline on Danish lake territory in Storstrømmen and a licence to Evida for commissioning and operation of the pipeline on Danish territory in Guldborg Sund,” said the Agency.

The Lolland-Falster pipeline in Danish waters is part of a larger gas pipeline project between Everdrup on Zealand and Nakskov on Lolland.

Capacity

The gas pipeline runs as an underwater pipeline at the water crossings at Storstrømmen and Guldborg Sund.

The total length of the pipeline route is around 115 kilometres (72 miles) long and the pipeline can transport up to 290 million cubic metres of natural gas per year.

According to the timetables of both companies commissioning is planned for 30 August 2024.

The Agency said the nation’s consumption of natural gas fell by more than 10 percent in 2023 while the share of bio-natural gas made from waste increased its share of the energy mix.

Denmark is part of the changing Nordic regional energy market where Norway is an LNG exporter and Sweden and Finland are LNG importers, while the Norwegians and Swedes additionally supply power to Denmark.

Additionally the Danes are a conduit for pipeline gas supplies to the Baltic region.

Natural gas consumption in Denmark amounted to around 1.7 billion cubic metres for all of last year, a decrease compared with the previous year.

Natural gas use by the Danes peaked in 2006 at 5.3 Bcm per annum.

The United Kingdom by comparison has much larger natural gas consumption.

UK gas use averaged around 7.4 Bcm per month during the past winter and 72 Bcm for the year, down from almost 79 Bcm in the previous year.

Denmark, the European Union nation with LNG, pipeline gas and renewables power trading players in Copenhagen, said it had officially exited the gas crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine by persuading citizens to use less gas.

The Danish Energy Agency said the nation’s consumption of natural gas fell by 10.8 percent in the first nine months of 2023 while the share of bio-natural gas made from waste increased its share of the energy mix.

The Danish Energy Agency has updated its winter season needs and has given an insight into the Nordic region’s continued requirements and for pipeline natural gas and LNG to keep flowing to the European Union.

Denmark, the pipeline natural gas and power market player involved in LNG trading and a bridge supplier of gas to Poland on the Baltic Pipe, has revealed plans for increased power prices and methods of making energy savings.

Denmark, the pipeline natural gas and power market player involved in LNG trading and a bridge supplier of gas to Poland on the Baltic Pipe, has opened a “mini tender round” for interested oil and gas companies who can apply for a licence for a concession in the North Sea.

Denmark has become a benchmark nation for measuring pipeline natural gas and power needs in the European Union as a bridge supplier of gas to Poland on the Baltic Pipe and being outside the LNG supply loop unlike Germany.

Demark, one of the few European Union members in northwest Europe without LNG import infrastructure, said the nation’s consumption of natural gas fell by 29 percent last year and contributed to overall energy consumption falling by 1.5 percent as the nation improved its energy self-sufficiency.

March 30 (LNGJ) - The Danish Energy Agency said that the suspicious object found on the Baltic Sea bed beside the Nord Stream II pipeline had been assessed on a salvage mission just carried out and was found not to pose a danger. With a view to further clarifying the nature of the object, Denmark decided to salvage the object with assistance from the Norwegian Armed Forces.

   “The defence forces have stated that the salvage was carried out at a depth of 73 metres. The salvage took place with the participation of a representative from the owner company Nord Stream II AG,” the Agency stated. “The investigations indicated that it was an empty smoke buoy, which is used for visual marking. The object does not pose a security risk. Other questions regarding the salvage and the object are referred to the Norwegian Armed Forces,” it added.

The Danish Energy Agency has offered the Nord Stream AG company the chance to participate in the salvage of an observed object near the sabotaged pipelines under the Baltic Sea that were put out of operation by unexplained explosions in September 2022 and led to the Germans adopting LNG as a replacement fuel.