ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

Transmission to Germany Germany also needs to convert from L-gas to H-gas (approximately 30bcm/y). This change in import needs is analysed extensively in the national Network Development Plan drawn up by the German TSOs (NDP 2016). This plan comprises two supply scenarios: \\ Q.1: extra supply from the south/southeast \\ Q.2: extra supply from the northeast (linked to the expansion of the Nord Stream) Both scenarios also include increased supplies from the west/southwest (LNG from Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France). Fluxys Belgium supports the vision of the German development plan and supports the principle of capacity development at the Eynatten interconnection point on the Belgian-German border as part of the “ZEELINK” project, which intends to lay a new dual pipe in Germany on the border between Belgium and North Rhine-Westphalia. The direct link with the Zeebrugge zone, which is itself directly connected to the new Dunkirk terminal by the new Alveringem-Maldegem pipeline and with the Dutch net- work via the Zelzate border station, can provide the German market with the re- quired capacity and flexibility as well as access to diversified supply sources.

Access to LNG in the Zeebrugge zone

Development of the Eynatten interconnection point

Figure 8.3: Development of the Eynatten IP in the context of L/H conversion in Germany (Source: Fluxys)

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