ENTSOG GRIP SNC 2014-2023

A. EYNATTEN (BE/DE)

The Eynatten IP (consisting of two separate physical stations) connects Belgium with the two German market areas, NCG and GASPOOL in a bidirectional way. It plays an important role in the integration of these three markets, functioning in either direc- tion according to the needs of the market, mostly from Belgium to Germany in 2012 and from Germany to Belgium in 2013 as shown below. The two IPs showed very high usage towards Belgium in March 2013, to send exceptional gas flows to the UK through Interconnector when cold weather hit England, while British storage facili- ties were announced to be low and Norwegian deliveries to UK were reduced. Spreads between Zeebrugge and German hubs then reached 5 €/MWh. The Eynatten IP shows enough flexibility in both direction so that shippers may adapt to price spreads between German and Belgium markets.

400 GWh/d

4 €/MWh

IP Eynatten 2 // Lichtenbusch / Raeren DE (NCG) > BE

300

3

200

2

100

1

0

0

-100

-1

-200

-2

-300

-3

Jan

Mar Feb Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

Mar Feb Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2012

2013

GWh/d

3.75 €/MWh

IP Eynatten 1 // Lichtenbusch / Raeren DE (GASPOOL) > BE

375

300

3.00

225

2.25

150

1.50

75

0.75

0

0

-75

-0.75

-150

-1.50

Jan

Mar Feb Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan

Mar Feb Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2012

2013

Daily Flow Range Price Spread Zeebrugge – NCG (top) and Zeebrugge – GASPOOL (bottom) Average Monthly Flow Technical Firm Capacity Booked Firm Capacity

Technical Firm Capacity Reverse Booked Firm Capacity Reverse

Figure 3.15: Technical capacities (ENTSOG capacity map 2014), gas flows and booked capacities

(Fluxys Belgium, OGE, Gascade, Thyssengas, Fluxys TENP); price spreads at Eynatten IP (DE/BE)

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South-North Corridor GRIP 2014–2023