ENTSOG Gas Regional Investment Plan South 2017

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7.1.4 3RD INTERCONNECTION POINT BETWEEN
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN TECHNICAL STUDIES
As agreed on the High Level Group developed after Madrid Declaration, the 3 rd
interconnection between Portugal and Spain should be developed in accordance
with the development of the Eastern gas axis between Portugal, Spain and France,
allowing bidirectional flows between the Iberian Peninsula and France (MIDCAT
project). Accordingly, Enagás and REN decided to carry out technical studies on the
3rd IP between Spain and Portugal, as it was previously done for MidCat.
7.1.4.1 Methodology
The methodology applied was aimed at identifying the set of infrastructures needed
in Portugal and in Spain in order to achieve 141GWh/d in both directions as targeted
capacity. The determined capacities were associated with a probability of occurrence
of each network configuration in order to identify the capacity at risk.