The Czech Republic and Poland resume work on the Stork II gas pipeline, which was interrupted in 2018 and is intended to connect the two countries. That is what heads of government Petr Fiala (Czech Republic) and Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland) agreed on Tuesday evening in the margins of the economic forum in Karpacz, Poland. Stork II should enable greater diversification of gas supplies in Europe and strengthen the Czech Republic’s energy security, Fiala said.
“We must not repeat the mistake of our predecessors in government, who did not care about energy security,” Fiala said, referring to the fact that the former Czech cabinet of Andrej Babis has halted work on Stork II. “Slovakia recently opened a gas pipeline connection with Poland, while we (Czech Republic, nd) are just at the beginning,” the Czech Prime Minister added.
Connection to LPG
Stork II was originally planned as part of a pan-European north-south link project. The aim was to bridge dependence on Russian gas by connecting liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks in Swinoujscie, Poland, and the Croatian island of Krk.
The first section – Pipeline Stork I – was commissioned in 2011 and only partially connects Poland with the Czech Republic. Stork I only allowed gas flow in the direction from the Czech Republic to Poland, not in the opposite direction.
Source: Krone
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