ENTSOG Annual Report 2015

GAS REGIONAL INVESTMENT PLANS MAP

GRIP NORTH-WEST

GRIP BEMIP

GRIP SOUTH

GRIP SOUTH-NORTH CORRIDOR

GRIP CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

GRIP SOUTHERN CORRIDOR

SUPPORT FOR GAS REGIONAL INVESTMENT PLANS

ENTSOG Maps

In 2015, ENTSOG maintained the publication of its well- known Transmission Capacity Map 2015 and System De- velopment Map 2014, the latter in collaboration with GIE.

Establishment of Gas Regional Investment Plans (GRIPs) is a requirement under Art 12(1) of Regulation (EC) 715/2009. These GRIPs are developed by member TSOs under the umbrella of ENTSOG, which also provides support on data collection and modelling. These plans help to coordinate activities between neighbouring TSOs and provide support for further infrastructure develop- ment wherever necessary. GRIPs serve as a link between TYNDP and national plans.

Both maps benefited from ENTSOG’s commitment to con- tinuously improve its deliverables.

The Transmission Capacity Map provides an overview of Europe’s main high-pressure transmission lines with infor- mation on the technical capacities at cross-border intercon- nection points. The 2015 edition was published in May. The System Development Map produced in collaboration with Gas Infrastructure Europe focuses on the previous year’s supply and demand trends. It also provides an over- view of the existing gas infrastructure and an outlook for its development. The 2015 edition covering the year 2014 was published in July.

The second edition of the GRIP reports was published between November 2013 and August 2014.

In 2015, member TSOs chose to develop the third edition of GRIPs in a joint development process with TYNDP 2017. This process will ensure the use of a common dataset for GRIPs and TYNDP and complementarity between the re- ports. The third edition of GRIPs will consequently be pub- lished at the end of 2016 or beginning of 2017.

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ENTSOG Annual Report 2015