ENTSOG Gas Regional Investment Plan South 2017 - Main Report

5.4.2 CAPACITY SUBSCRIPTION AT IPS BETWEEN SPAIN AND FRANCE (VIP PIRINEOS) After January 2017 60GWh/d of capacity is offered to the market in the France–Spain direction, unbundled firm capacity in Spain, which can be matched with the already existing interruptible short-term capacity in France. This additional capacity has been booked, and used, in the first days of 2017 (from 08/01/2017 until 11/01/2017). (See Figure 5.14). Since December 2015, as a result of the Open Season held in July 2010, approxi- mately the 90% of the common firm capacity from France to Spain is booked.

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VIP Pirineos (France – Spain direction)

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Booked Firm Capacity FR-ES

Available Firm Capacity

Additional capacity FR-ES

Common Firm Capacity FR-ES

Physical flow (FR-ES)

After February 2017, only long-term capacity bookings are included. Actual booked capacity could be higher after adding short-term capacity.

Figure 5.14: Capacity subscription at IPs between Spain and France (VIP PIRINEOS), France – Spain direction (Source: TSO own elaboration)

Since December 2015, regarding the Spain – France direction, the capacity increased from 165GWh/d to 225GWh/d after the commissioning of the infrastruc- tures of Open Season 2010. According to the latest subscription information, approximately only half of the capacity is already booked.

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VIP Pirineos (Spain – France direction)

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Physical flow (ES-FR) Available Capacity

Booked Capacity ES-FR

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Figure 5.15: Capacity subscription (long term) at IPs between Spain and France (VIP PIRINEOS), Spain – France direction (Source: TSO own elaboration)

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