ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

8.2 Investments in France

(Western Area of the Region)

The projects included in TYNDP 2017 are shown in the map below. They are consistent with GRTgaz’s Development Plan for the 2015–2024 period, published in November 2015. It has been updated with the publi- cation in November 2016 of the Development Plan for the 2016–2025 period. In 2016, GRTgaz has completed a major work program with a total budget of 1,085 million €, to connect the new Dunkirk LNG terminal to its transmission network. It included a 17-km non-odorised pipeline, the 123-km pipeline “Hauts de France II” and the 300-km pipeline “Arc de Dierrey”, all commissioned between 2015 and 2016. Alongside, a new interconnection point has been created in 2015 in Alveringem to provide non-odorised gas from the new Dunkirk LNG Terminal to the Belgian border up to 270 GWh/d. The simplification of the gas market has been a constant priority for CRE (French NRA). The NRA has set a target in 2012 to finalise the integration of market in France and create a single market place by 2018. To this end, GRTgaz and TIGF have decided in 2014 and 2015 to invest 880 million €. The PCI projects “Val de Saône” (5.7.1) and “Gascogne Midi” (5.7.2) from the second list of PCI will enable the merger of balancing zones by creating additional flows from north to south thus removing the current bottleneck between north and south and reducing the LNG de- pendency in the South of France. These projects have been approved by CRE and supported by stakeholders after a cost-benefit analysis in 2013 and a cross-border cost allocation between France and Spain in 2014. The “Val de Saône” project consists in the looping of the Burgundy pipeline for 189km, a third compressor adding 9MW to the compressor station in Etrez, and ad- justing the interconnections at Palleau, Etrez and Voisines. The permitting phase is completed and works will begin in 2017 to reach a commissioning in 2018. This pro- ject is identified in the TYNDP 2017 as TRA-F-43. The “Gascogne Midi” project aims to create a physical flow from TIGF to GRTgaz through the Midi pipeline. It consists in the looping of the Gascogne pipeline for 60km, and consolidation of the Barbaira compressor station and the adaptation of interconnections in Cruzy and Saint-Martin-de-Crau. Permitting is ongoing. Commissioning is also expected in 2018. This project is identified in the TYNDP 2017 as TRA-F-331.

8.2.1 CREATING A SINGLE MARKETPLACE IN FRANCE IN 2018

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