After weeks of pressure from the federal government, Canada has approved the export of a repaired turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline coming from Russia. Siemens now wants to install them as quickly as possible.
Siemens wants to install the turbine approved by Canada for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Russia as soon as possible. “Our goal is to transport the turbine to its place of use as quickly as possible,” said a company spokesman on Sunday. On Saturday, the Canadian government issued a temporary special permit for the export, which was necessary because of the sanctions against Russia as a result of the Ukraine war.
Canada’s political decision is “a necessary and important first step” for the export license for the turbine, the Siemens spokesman said. The company’s experts are currently working “at full speed on all other formal approvals and logistics”. Among other things, these are processes that are subject to export and import controls.
Russia cited the failure of a turbine in mid-June as one reason for curbing its gas supplies via the Nord Stream pipeline. The federal government questioned this argument. In the past few weeks, Berlin had made intensive efforts to get the turbines approved by Canada. Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) had suggested to the Canadian government that the turbine be delivered to Germany if that made the decision easier from a legal point of view.
“We welcome the decision of our Canadian friends and allies,” said a spokesman for the federal government. The Federal Ministry of Economics acknowledged a “good and constructive exchange” with Ottawa. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine were “deeply disappointed” with the Canada’s decision voiced The Canadian government must reverse the decision, a statement published on the Department of Energy’s website said, lest Canada submit to “the whims of Russia.”
