Lubmin power plant donation to Ukraine sparks political dispute
A decommissioned industrial power plant in Lubmin, Germany, which once provided process heat for the Nord Stream pipeline's landfall station, is slated to be donated to Ukraine as humanitarian aid, including self-collection. The plant has been idle since Russian gas supplies stopped. The BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht) party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern opposes the dismantling and wants the new state parliament to decide on the plant's preservation. The local dispute raises a broader question: whether Berlin can afford to write off the Nord Stream pipelines entirely.
Key facts
- A decommissioned industrial power plant in Lubmin is to be donated to Ukraine as humanitarian aid.
- The plant provided process heat for the Nord Stream pipeline landfall station.
- The plant has been idle since Russian gas supplies stopped.
- The BSW party in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern wants to stop the dismantling.
- The BSW wants the new state parliament to decide on the plant's preservation.
- The dispute raises the question of whether Berlin can write off the Nord Stream pipelines.
- The donation includes self-collection by Ukraine.
- The plant is located where Nord Stream pipelines came ashore from the Baltic Sea.
Entities
Institutions
- BSW (Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht)
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament
- Nord Stream
Locations
- Lubmin
- Germany
- Ukraine
- Baltic Sea
- Berlin