ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

8.3.4 PROJECTS TO ENABLE PHYSICAL CAPACITY TO TRANSPORT GAS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN MEMBER STATES

The following project is included in the Draft German Network Development Plan 2016 and the TYNDP 2017: \\ West to East operation of the Waidhaus interconnection point by GRTgaz Deutschland and Open Grid Europe (TRA-F-753)

8.3.5 TENP REVERSE FLOW PROJECT

The Reverse Flow project on TENP   1) consists in the reversal of the compressor station in Hügelheim, improving the flow patterns in the compressor station of Mittelbrunn and building a new deodorisation plant near the German-Swiss border. The works in the compressor stations in Hügelheim and Mittelbrunn are necessary to allow the transportation of gas quantities from Italy to Germany in the south/south- west Region at the cross-border point Wallbach. The construction of the deodorisation plant is necessary to remove THT from the gas coming from France via Switzerland for it to be compliant with the German market (see Chapter 6.3.3 for a more detailed description of the project in the context of South-North Corridor).

8.3.6 “MONACO” (PHASE I)

German TSO bayernets will build a new pipeline called ‘”MONACO” (phase l) from Haiming/Burghausen to Finsing (near Munich). Because of the resulting increase in cross-border-capacity for gas exchange, the importance of the project was identified at European level and was therefore awarded PCI-status (October 2013). The construction permit was granted in early 2016 and initial preparation measures to- wards construction took place in autumn 2016. “MONACO” (phase ll) was planned to connect “MONACO” (phase l) further west- wards from Finsing to Amerdingen. However, the D raft German Network Develop- ment Plan 2016 did not confirm the necessity for additional transport capacity. Therefore the current position is that this project will not be pursued.

8.3.7 “MORE CAPACITY”

The German TSOs GASCADE, NEL, Gasunie Deutschland, ONTRAS and Fluxys Deutschland have launched a non-binding market survey in 2015 to determine the future need for additional transport capacities at the borders of the H-Gas market area GASPOOL. The non-binding enquiries submitted for the purposes of the survey are used to de- termine whether there is sufficient cross-border demand for the further planning of new development projects (demand analysis). The survey identified further needs of new gas infrastructure related to higher cross- border capacity demand. The respective TSOs are therefore developing infrastruc- ture projects which depend on a binding capacity auction to be held in 2017.

 1) Source: www.fluxys.com/tenp/en/TenpSystemInfo/SouthNorthProject/ReverseFlow

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