Modelled Direction
No
exit
PROJECTED CAPACITY INCREASES
Interconnection
Capacity (GWh/d)
From Zone
To Zone
Falconara Marittima
284.90
LNG Terminals Italia
Hub Italia
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
The project envisages the utilization of
(i) an off-shore mooring structure, Single Point Mooring type, located 16 km off the coast and currently used for the crude oil discharge for the Falconara Marittima refinery, to be adapted in order to allow also the mooring of Floating
Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU) vessels and the discharge of regasified natural gas in the national gas network through a new off-shore and on-shore 20 km long connection pipeline, and
(ii) one or more FSRU vessels for the onboard regasification of LNG and the discharge through the SPM of regasified natural gas. Regasification operations shall be performed directly onboard the FSRU vessels, that shall load LNG either
from liquefaction plants abroad or via transhipment from LNG carriers away from the SPM. No on-shore fixed LNG storage facilities shall be installed: the regasified gas shall be transported to the coast through a new submarine pipeline
and shall then be redirected to a regulation and metering station for the connection with the existing national transport network, located close to the landing point.
EXPECTED BENEFITS
Security of Supply, Market integration, Reverse Flows, Diversification of sources, Diversification of routes, N-1 National, N-1 Regional.
COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROJECT FINANCING
Public financing
Private financing
Multilateral financing
ENTSOG TYNDP 2013-2013 - Annex A
Southern Corridor GRIP 2014–2023 Annex B |
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