Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan GRIP 2014–2023 |
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Despite that the gas consumption in the region is expected to increase, the fore
casted changes should be in line with the EU’s climate policy, as major increase will
be for the substitution of much more polluting fuels – coal for electricity production
and district heating in case of Poland and oil products for bunkering purposes in
case of Finland. Also growing tendency in overall region is that the gas is more
and more used as a back-up fuel for renewables based production of heat and
electricity.
In comparison with the first edition, this GRIP maintains the same framework, pro-
viding a description of the region’s gas markets, including an overview of expected
developments of gas demand and supply and evaluating the potential contribution
of infrastructure projects to these developments. The document provides an outlook
of the latest changes of the EU initiatives related to energy infrastructure, gas
market players and the foreseen implications for the planned gas infrastructure
thereof. It highlights the changes since the first release of the publication of the GRIP
in March 2012. The document provides an update of regional initiatives both in the
Eastern Baltic region and in the West Baltic part. The results of latest analysis
accomplished jointly by the TSOs of Baltic states and Finland which focused on
the modelling of gas supply flows in the Baltic states and Finland are provided. As
regards the West Baltic region, the document analyses developments to enhance
the security of supply and market integration in Poland, Denmark and Sweden.
This GRIP presents the detailed analysis of impact of the enlisted non-FID gas infra-
structure projects on the development of the region’s gas market. The information
on the projects proposed herein, including third party projects, of the countries
belonging to the BEMIP region is provided in the Annex.
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