Skulte LNG Terminal Pipeline
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Skulte LNG Terminal Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Latvia.[1]
Location
The pipeline would connect the Skulte LNG Terminal in Skulte to the Inčukalns underground gas storage facility and then the Conexus Baltic Grid network in Latvia.[2][3][1]
Project Details
- Parent company: Conexus Baltic Grid[1]
- Capacity:
- Length: 31.5 km[1]
- The project website notes a length of 34 km[4]
- Diameter: 700 mm / 27.8 inch[5]
- Cost: €26 million (US$29 million)[6]
- Status: Proposed[1]
- Start Year:
- Corresponding ENTSOG TYNDP Project Code: TRA-N-1181[1]
Background
The Skulte LNG Terminal pipeline would connect the Skulte LNG Terminal to the Inčukalns underground storage facility.[1] 27.5 km of the pipeline will be onshore, and 4 km will be offshore. The exact route of the pipeline is yet to be decided. Multiple options are shown on the environmental impact assessment, all of which were reportedly created to avoid populated areas.[7][2]
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) 2020 Ten Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) stated that commissioning could be expected in 2021. However, as of August 2021, the Three Seas Initiative, lists the projects "calendar of implementation" as "to be determined."[8]
Opposition
The floating regasification terminal, along with the accompanying infrastructure has been protested by local organizations such as the Coastal Environmental Protection Society. The organization stressed the fear of growing energy dependence on Russia, and advocates for more locally sourced energy generation.[9]
Resources and articles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (July 10, 2020). "TEN-YEAR NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN - ANNEX A – PROJECT DETAILS" (PDF). ENTSOG.EU. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 SYSTEMS, SIA OPEN (2019-06-14). "Ietekmes uz vidi novērtējums". skultelng (in latviešu). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
- ↑ European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "https://www.skultelng.lv/en/".
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ "Par ietekmes uz vidi novērtējuma procedūras piemērošanu". Skulte LNG Terminal. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Ten Year Network Development Plan 2020 - Annex A - Projects Tables, ENTSOG, accessed Dec. 2, 2021
- ↑ SYSTEMS, SIA OPEN (2019-04-02). "Highlights". skultelng (in latviešu). Retrieved 2021-02-08.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Three Seas. "Construction of a coastal LNG terminal". Three Seas. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Locals protest against Skulte LNG terminal". Retrieved 2022-07-18.
