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and Paldiski, Estonia along with grid enhancements in both countries. The transit capacity of the offshore pipeline will be 81.2 GWh/d, 300,000 cm/h and the compressor stations (CS) in Finland and Estonia enable transit flows between Finland to Estonia. Once commissioned, the Balticconnector will connect the Finn- ish and Baltic gas infrastructures. The Balticconnector will play an important role in integrating Finnish gas markets to the Baltic gas markets. Once the market area is interconnected, there is a possibility of implementing a single merged market zone for Finland and the Baltic States. The Balticconnector project is a PCI project and the promoter received major EU grants in 2016. The investment decision was made in autumn 2016 and the commissioning of the pipeline will take place early 2020.

4.4.2 BIOGAS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT Biogas infrastructure is developing rather rapidly and it can be categorised in two: digestion plant sand methane collection from landfills. In 2015, there were 43 digestion biogas plants in Finland and 40 landfills, where biomethane is collected. Five of the digestion based biogas plants were connected to the gas transmissions or distribution pipelines in 2016.

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BIOGAS PLANTS IN NATURAL GAS NETWORK REGION BIOGAS PLANTS OUTSIDE NATURAL GAS NETWORK REGION

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Figure 4.8: Biogas plants in Finland (Source: Suomen Kaasuyhdistys)

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