ENTSOG GRIP South - Main Report

5.1 Overall

The South Region is located in the west end of Europe and it consists of Portugal, Spain and France. At Europe level, it is connected via LNG facilities and cross-bor- der interconnections withAfrica, Norway andCentral Europe. Over the next decade, huge energy infrastructures are needed in the European Union toachieve its goals for theenergymarket: security of supply, competitiveness and sustainability.

5.2 Updateon

InfrastructureProjects

The infrastructure projects here presented have been updatedduring summer 2013 by ENTSOG. The South Region is one of the most attractive anddynamic region inEuropeconcerning thegas infrastructure projects, as it counts 78 projects, around26%of theprojects identifiedbyENTSOG TYNDP. A final investment decision has been taken for 30 of these projects.

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Figure 5.1: Breakdown of projects

Image courtesy of TIGF

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ENTSOG–GRIPSouth 2013–2022