ENTSOG GRIP SNC 2014-2023

7.2.3 GERMAN L/H CONVERSION

Due to declining indigenous production in Europe, there will be a definite increase in the demand for H-gas imports in Western Europe over the next few years. The decline in L gas imports from the Netherlands and the decline seen so far in Germany’s own production will lead to greater H-import demand in Germany. In the German network development plan (NEP), it is assumed that new gas volumes will be brought to Europe by means of LNG and pipeline projects. According to the position statement of Fluxys Belgium submitted during the consul- tation process for NEP 2013, after expansion measures which have not yet been realised, up to 26GWh/h could be transported in the Belgian gas network across the border transfer point Eynatten to Germany as of 2018. After the provision of this ad- ditional capacity, volumes of gas from the LNG facilities in Zeebrugge and Dunkirk could be provided for the German market. The development of the capacity at the Eynatten interconnection point can contribute to the supply requirements of Germany and more in particular support the optimization of the conversion from L gas to H gas, given the geographical proximity to the current L gas consumption zones in Germany and the potential complementarity with the ZEELINK project planned by OGE and (for ZEELINK 1) Thyssengas as described in section 6.3.4 (figure 6.7) as well as a number of other projects presented in the NEP 2014.

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South-North Corridor GRIP 2014–2023