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The investment and capacity measures envisaged by Fluxys TENP could include modifications at the compressor stations of Stolberg, Hügelheim and Mittelbrunn and the installation of additional compressors in Stolberg with a view to increasing the pressure up to 84 bar, allowing Fluxys TENP to offer exit services into the GASCADE system as well as into the direction of Eynatten. Another investment under consideration consists of a new bidirectional interconnec- tion pipeline (Bretella) and a station in Nordschwaben between the compressor sta- tion in Stolberg and the cross-border interconnection point at Eynatten (Belgium), which would create additional capacities between Germany and Belgium. These additional capacities also require additional compression power in Stolberg. Should the market demand not be high enough Fluxys TENP is also considering a reduced investment case allowing for capacities from Wallbach to NCG without additional capacities to Belgium and GASPOOL. This reduced investment case does not request the installation of the additional compressors in Stolberg. The investments are planned to be ready as of October 2018. The planned flow reversal is integrated in the German network development plan of German TSOs (details see www.netzentwicklungsplan.de and in next chapter of the report, section: “The investments in the eastern area of the Region”) and also supports investment projects of other TSOs, at this stage not being core to the Reverse Flow Project, in particular the NOS-project sponsored by terranets bw and the ZEELINK project planned by OGE and (for ZEELINK 1) Thyssengas. The terranets bw project “Nordschwarzwaldleitung” (NOS-project) is the realization of a pipeline of ca. 70 km (DN600 / DP80) in the south-western area of Germany (federal state of Baden-Württemberg). The ongoing construction establishes anoth- er connection between the terranets bw network in Baden-Württemberg and the European gas transmission network. Through this, the onward demand of transport capacities for natural gas in Baden- Württemberg will be covered and an essential contribution for the security of supply will be made. The reversion of TENP will generate additional gas capacities, which would secure the demand in south-western Germany. The construction of NOS will be finalized at the end of 2015. The ZEELINK project is composed of three sub-projects. The sub-project "ZEELINK 1", planned by OGE and Thyssengas, is a new pipeline of about 112km (DN1000 / DP100) from Eynatten at the German/Belgian border to St. Hubert in the federal state North-Rhine Westphalia. The sub-project "ZEELINK 2", planned by OGE, is a new pipeline of about 115km (DN1000/DP100) from St. Hubert to Legden in the German federal state North-Rhine Westphalia. The sub-project "VDS Rheinland”, planned by OGE, is the development of a new compressor station with two 25MW units in the area of Aachen in the German federal state North-Rhine Westphalia. Implementation of the ZEELINK project is foreseen between 2020 and 2024. The main purpose of the ZEELINK project is to support the conversion of markets currently supplied by low-calorific gas (L-gas) to high-calorific gas (H-gas) (see also section 7.2.3).

6.3.5 IN BELGIUM:

EYNATTEN INTERCONNECTION POINT

The Fluxys Belgium network can already accept reverse flow gas coming from Germany. The existing pipeline system at the Eynatten interconnection point is al- ready bidirectional and gives full access to the entire Belgian H-gas network and hence to the ZTP trading point. Since the UK Interconnector between Belgium and the UK is already a bidirection- al pipeline, gas can flow directly from the Belgian system to the Great Britain market, allowing for the full completion of the South-North Corridor.

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