ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Main Report

Yet, in specific areas, further development of the infrastructure is still required. These investments will connect isolated areas and achieve further integration. They will bring affordable, diversified and competitive supplies of gas, in turn providing a stimulus for further development of the gas market. I am particularly proud of the way ENTSOG has taken up the challenges of this TYNDP edition. It ensures a highly robust and reliable assessment of the gas system and identification of the further infrastructure needs. It also confirms the existence of the projects - transmission infrastructure, interconnections, storages, LNG termi- nals as well as infrastructure supporting the development of new intra-EU or extra- EU gas supplies - which will ensure a secure, competitive and sustainable energy future for all Europeans. The challenges taken up in this new TYNDP edition are multiple. Based on the previous edition’s feedback, ENTSOG has further improved the assessment, beyond the requirement of the CBA Methodology in force. In particular the TYNDP assess- ment builds on contrasted gas demand scenarios. These scenarios represent differ- entiated paths towards achieving the EU decarbonisation targets and consider gen- eration capacities for the power sector defined consistently between ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 and ENTSO-E TYNDP 2016. At all stages of the TYNDP development, ENTSOG has ensured a very high standard of stakeholder involvement and trans- parency. ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 will deliver real added-value to stakeholders and decision- makers. Together with ENTSO-E TYNDP 2016 it has a key role to play in the 3 rd PCI selection process led by the European Commission. The process, kicked-off in September 2016, aims at establishing the 3 rd PCI list in autumn 2017. ENTSO-E developed the electricity TYNDP from 2015, published the draft version in June 2016 and intends to release the final version by end 2016. ENTSOG developed the gas TYNDP fully in 2016 based on information collected in the first half of the year. To best support the PCI process, ENTSOG shared preliminary TYNDP results with the parties involved from October 2016, ahead of the report publication, and endeavoured to release the present version by end 2016. The present version incorporates stakeholder feedback received at different stages of the development process: during the stakeholder engagement process in the first part of 2016, as part of presenting the underlying data in July 2016 and as part of sharing preliminary results in autumn 2016. On behalf of ENTSOG, I would like to thank all parties involved in the TYNDP process. I encourage you to provide your feedback through our upcoming consulta- tion process. This feedback, together with ACER Opinion, will be considered by ENTSOG to release the TYNDP final version in April 2017. Now it is time for me to let you discover the TYNDP stimulating findings!

Stephan Kamphues ENTSOG President

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