ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

2.3 Infrastructure Projects in the Region

On the basis of the data collected by ENTSOG from April to May 2016 for TYNDP 2017 on infrastructure projects in Europe, the countries of the South-North Corridor Region are expected to host 54 investment projects in the next two decades, 23.1% of the total number of projects forecast in the whole EU (234). Looking at the breakdown per country and asset type shown in Figure 2.2, it is possible to observe how Germany is the country with the higher number of projects (22), followed by Italy (16) and France (12). A smaller number of projects is foreseen also in Belgium (3) and Switzerland (1), while no initiatives are currently planned in Luxembourg. Storage infrastructural development is foreseen only in Italy, while LNG projects are equally shared between Belgium, France and Italy.

DE

22

4

2

10

IT

10

2

FR

2 1

BE

1

CH

0

LU

0

5

10

15

20

25

30 Number of Projects

Transmission (TRA)

Underground Storage (UGS)

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Figure 2.2: Country distribution of projects in the South-North Corridor Region

(Source: ENTSOG data collection for TYNDP 2017 based on information submitted by TSOs and other project promoters)

Using the terminology of ENTSOG TYNDP, the projects can be further divided into three different categories related to their development status: \\ “FID projects” – Final Investment Decision taken; \\ “non-FID advanced projects” – in case 1) the project will be commissioned by the 31st December 2022 at the latest and 2a) the permitting phase of the pro- ject has started before the 1st April 2016 or 2b) FEED has started or the pro- ject has been selected for receiving CEF grants for FEED before the 1st April 2016; \\ “non-FID less-advanced projects” – non-FID projects, not fulfilling all condi- tions for the “advanced projects” status.

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