ENTSOG Gas Regional Investment Plan South 2017 - Main Report

7.1.4 3 RD INTERCONNECTION POINT BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN TECHNICAL STUDIES As agreed on the High Level Group developed after Madrid Declaration, the 3 rd interconnection between Portugal and Spain should be developed in accordance with the development of the Eastern gas axis between Portugal, Spain and France, allowing bidirectional flows between the Iberian Peninsula and France (MIDCAT project). Accordingly, Enagás and REN decided to carry out technical studies on the 3 rd IP between Spain and Portugal, as it was previously done for MidCat.

7.1.4.1 Methodology

The methodology applied was aimed at identifying the set of infrastructures needed in Portugal and in Spain in order to achieve 141GWh/d in both directions as targeted capacity. The determined capacities were associated with a probability of occurrence of each network configuration in order to identify the capacity at risk.

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Gas Regional Investment Plan of the South Region 2017