Gas Transmission Operator Gaz-System will receive more than €124 million in funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the construction of a 253-kilometre-long section of the gas transmission pipeline between Leśniewice and Wronów.
The main task of the new pipeline is to connect the hub and compressor station in Gustorzyn (in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship) with the hub and compressor station in Wronów (in the Lubelskie voivodship). The project is divided into three phases: I Gustorzyn – Leśniewice with a length of 54 km, II Leśniewice – Rawa Mazowiecka with a length of (100 km) and III Rawa Mazowiecka – Wronów (154 km). Construction of the gas pipeline is expected to be completed in 2023.
The European Commission (EC) has granted the investment the status of ‘Project of Common Interest-PCI’. Therefore, Gaz-System will receive substantial support for Phases II and III of the pipeline, which are being constructed in the Mazowieckie, Łódzkie and Lubelskie provinces. The European Commission has granted more than €124 million (around PLN 580 million) in ERDF funding for the construction of the 253-kilometre section of the gas pipeline between Leśniewice and Wronów. These are funds from the 2014-2020 programming period.
“This project will make a significant contribution to Poland’s energy security by diversifying gas supply sources and enabling gas exports to Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine”, said Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform at the EC.
The Gustorzyn – Wronów gas pipeline project is part of the North-South gas corridor in eastern Poland in the system of gas connections in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. It is intended to help independence from gas supplies from Russia, but with the possibility of exporting to neighbouring countries through interconnectors with Lithuania, Slovakia and Ukraine, it is also expected to play an important role for the European Union as a whole, enhancing security and diversification of gas supplies, contributing to the creation of an integrated and competitive energy market.
Arkadiusz Słomczyński