The dismantling and transportation to Ukraine of equipment from a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Lubmin, which was previously used to heat gas from Nord Stream 1, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.

The German energy company SEFE, the majority owner of the plant's operator, Industriekraftwerk Greifswald GmbH (IKG), told this to Ukrinform's correspondent in Germany.

"The agreement on the transfer remains in force, and the IKG site was handed over to Naftogaz at the beginning of July. Companies engaged by the Ukrainian side will apparently begin dismantling and transporting the power plant components in the near future," SEFE said.

The company noted that it was currently unable to provide more precise information about when the work would begin or how it would proceed. The dismantling and transportation of the equipment are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.

SEFE is a German state-owned energy company. Its subsidiary SEFE Energy owns a 51% stake in Industriekraftwerk Greifswald GmbH (IKG), which owns the Lubmin facility. The remaining 49% is owned by E.ON Energy Projects.

The CHP plant has a total capacity of 84 MW, including 38.2 MW of electrical capacity and 45.8 MW of thermal capacity.

The facility operated in Lubmin, near the landfall of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, and was used, among other things, to heat Russian gas transported to Germany through the Baltic Sea.

After Russian gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 were halted in 2022, operating the CHP plant was no longer economically viable. Its operation was discontinued in 2023.

According to the German government, attempts to sell the facility through Siemens and an intermediary were unsuccessful, while relocating it to the port of Mukran proved too expensive. The government assessed that transferring the facility to Ukraine was more economically viable than dismantling and disposing of it and would prevent the equipment from being scrapped.

Ukraine's Energy Ministry asked the German government for technical assistance as early as summer 2023, primarily to repair and maintain energy infrastructure damaged by Russian attacks. After unsuccessful attempts to sell or repurpose the facility, SEFE's chief financial officer contacted the Ukrainian side about the possibility of transferring it.

On February 25, 2025, IKG signed an agreement to transfer the equipment to a Ukrainian recipient, as well as a cooperation agreement with Ukrnafta and Naftogaz of Ukraine. Both documents were updated on February 4, 2026.

Naftogaz of Ukraine has been designated as the recipient, future owner and operator of the facility. The equipment is being transferred free of charge as humanitarian aid. The Ukrainian side will assume the costs and risks associated with dismantling, loading and transporting the equipment.

The decision to transfer the facility to Ukraine has been criticized by the far-right and pro-Russian Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which advocated keeping the equipment in Germany and did not rule out reusing it if Russian gas supplies were restored in the future. The party submitted relevant initiatives to the Bundestag, state parliament and local representative bodies, but its proposal was rejected by the state parliament.