ENTSOG GRIP BEMIP 2014-2023 / Main Report

2012. The methodology for the evaluation of candidates for PCI status based on the set of criteria provided in draft TEN-E Regulation was developed in parallel with the help from the consultants hired by the EC. In the BEMIP region after the evaluation of projects applications submitted and after coordinating with Member States, the ad-hoc working group selected 15 projects as PCI, however some of them were included into two project clusters: one cluster of Interconnection between Estonia and Finland and four competing LNG terminal projects in Finland, Estonia and Latvia out of which only one LNG terminal project could receive benefits provided in TEN-E Regulation, and another cluster of infrastructure projects in Eastern Baltic area complementing or strongly related with each other. The list of PCIs proposed by the ad-hoc working group was included in the first Union-wide list of PCIs in October 2013 without any amendments at the EC level. The projects below 1) were included in the first list of PCIs of BEMIP gas priority corridor:

No. 8.1

Project title

Cluster LNG supply in the Eastern Baltic Region, including the following PCIs:

8.1.1 8.1.2

Interconnector between Estonia and Finland Balticconnector, and

One of the following LNG terminals:

8.1.2.1 8.1.2.2 8.1.2.3 8.1.2.4

Finngulf LNG

Paldiski LNG

Tallinn LNG

Latvian LNG

8.2

Cluster infrastructure upgrade in the Eastern Baltic region, consisting of the following PCIs:

8.2.1 8.2.2 8.2.3 8.2.4

Enhancement of Latvia-Lithuania interconnection

Enhancement of Estonia-Latvia interconnection

Capacity enhancement of Klaipeda-Kiemenai pipeline in Lithuania

Modernization and expansion of Inčukalns Underground Gas Storage

8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8

PCI Poland-Denmark interconnection Baltic Pipe

PCI Capacity expansion on DK-DE border

PCI Poland-Lithuania interconnection (GIPL)

PCI Gothenburg LNG terminal in Sweden

PCI Capacity extension of Świnoujście LNG terminal in Poland

PCI Upgrade of entry points Lwówek and Włocławek of Yamal-Europe pipeline in Poland

Table 1.1: Projects included in the first list of PCIs of BEMIP gas priority corridor

1) Compressor stations in gas are considered as part of the PCIs and are not mentioned explicitly, if they are geo­ graphically located on the transmission line. If they are placed in a different location, they are explicitly mentioned. These items are subject to the rights and obligations of the TEN-E provisions.

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