Overview

• The Oldenburg Administrative Court granted an injunction on July 14, pausing the laying of a power cable to the One-Dyas gas platform through protected seabed in the Wadden Sea.
• The court found that potential environmental harm from the cable installation likely outweighs project delays and deemed the conservation exemption probably unlawful.
• On July 15, Fridays for Future activists led by Luisa Neubauer staged a peaceful “STOP GAS!” protest on Borkum beach, demanding an end to new North Sea drilling.
• Also on July 15, One-Dyas and German utility EWE signed an agreement for EWE to purchase North Sea gas for distribution in Lower Saxony.
• The Lower Saxony Environment Ministry welcomed the injunction, arguing cable work must await a main court ruling and questioning the project’s necessity after the federal government declared the gas shortage over.