Germany Is Dismantling a Nord Stream Power Plant for Ukraine

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Germany is dismantling a former Nord Stream-linked power plant for shipment to Ukraine as European countries donate retired energy equipment to help restore the country's war-damaged electricity infrastructure.

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A power plant built at the landfall of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in northeastern Germany was shut down after the pipelines were sabotaged. Now the facility is being dismantled and sent to Ukraine.

The Greifswald industrial power plant in Lubmin is majority owned by Germany’s Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE). Adrianne Montgobert, a spokesperson for the state-owned company, confirmed to RFE/RL that dismantling of the plant is currently under way, with its transfer being managed by a team from Naftogaz, Ukraine’s oil and gas giant.

The Nord Stream pipelines, which run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, are no longer operational.

The spokesperson said in an e-mail, “all reuse and sale options [for the Lubmin plant] were explored including actual sales negotiations, but no commercially viable solution emerged.” Donating the facility to Ukraine, Montgobert added, was seen as “the best alternative to scrapping it,” after it ceased operation in April 2023.

A September 2022 file photo of the Greifswald industrial power plant, beside the German landfall of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia. The facility heated gas arriving through Nord Stream 1 and supplied electricity to Germany’s power grid.

Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been repeatedly targeted by Russian strikes in recent weeks in a concerted effort to weaponize the coming months of cold and darkness. The Lubmin facility's transfer is set to be completed within "the first quarter" of 2027, Montgobert said.

An unsuccessful motion to halt the plant's transfer to Ukraine was made in May by the main opposition party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), who claimed the plant's removal would "impair future energy policy options." The AfD has supported ending military aid to Ukraine and lifting sanctions on Russia.

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