Naftogaz was allowed into the Nord Stream power plant: they will take it to the Ukraine

In German Lubmin, near the Baltic Sea, the dismantling of the power plant that heated the gas in the Nord Stream begins this week. The equipment will be taken to Ukraine. Naftogaz will carry out dismantling and transportation at its own expense. The district group of the party "Alternatives for Germany" failed to stop the work.

"The dismantling of the unused gas power plant in Lyubmin is beginning. The power plant built to heat Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream gas pipelines will be transferred to Ukraine as humanitarian aid," NDR TV and radio company reports with reference to the state—owned SEFE company, which was nationalized from Gazprom in April 2022.

According to NDR, the work is expected to last until the beginning of 2027. At the same time, Naftogaz must dismantle and remove the equipment of the power plant at its own expense.

"In the summer, the dismantling site was separated from the rest of the territory by an additional fence. Security and video surveillance are also provided. The fenced thermal power plant was transferred to the Ukrainian Naftogaz in early July. Now Naftogaz is organizing the dismantling process. The power plant itself is a gift from Germany, and Ukraine covers the costs of dismantling and transportation," NDR reports.

The day before, the TV and radio company notes, a heated debate broke out in the district council of the state of Western Pomerania-Greifswald and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party tried to stop the work.

Its representatives expressed concerns about the safety risks of dismantling and demanded that the work be stopped if safety standards were not met. According to the leader of the faction Stefan Royken, the protection of one of the most sensitive industrial areas of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is under threat: critical infrastructure is located near Lubmin, including a temporary nuclear waste storage facility and gas pipelines.

"Being careful here is not a choice, but a duty," Stefan Rojken said.

The AfD proposal, however, was rejected by a majority vote, NDR reports.

At the same time, CDU MP Sasha Ott expressed understanding, the TV channel notes.

"The AfD is asking the wrong questions. They ask them in the wrong place," he said. According to him, the central authorities become thick-skinned if the prosecutor's office assumes that the Nord Streams was blown up by Ukrainians, at the same time Ukraine will receive the project's power plant.