The German chancellor described the Russian side’s excuses as politically motivated.
“The turbine is working and can be moved and used at any time,” Chancellor Olaf Solz said, referring to the technical problem cited by Gazprom to limit the supply of natural gas to the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
Mr. Soltz called the Russian side’s excuses politically motivated.
“It’s pretty clear and simple. The turbine is here and can be delivered. All one has to do is say they want it and then it will be delivered very quickly. All the necessary documents are ready and there is no reason why this delivery should not take place,” said Mr. Scholtz, while standing in front of the turbine in question, at the Siemens Energy plant in Mülheim, Ruhr.
“Limiting the supply of natural gas seems to have more political motivations” noted the chancellor and added that in the future one should also consider that “there can always be any alleged problems so that something does not work”. Even after the turbine is delivered, Germany must be prepared for possible such “problems,” he said.
A spokesman for Siemens Energy also stated that the turbine, which it was repaired at the company’s facilities in Canada and sent to Germany in order to be delivered to Gazprom, it is only one of a total of six larger and two smaller turbines used in Nord Stream 1, but only five turbines are sufficient to operate the pipeline at 100% of its capacity.
At the moment, however, the pipeline is operating at 20% of the total output and, as the Siemens representative explained, there is no information as to why a higher output is not technically possible.
According to him, the necessary customs and travel documents for the shipment of the turbine are ready, but some elements are still missing from the Russian side.
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