Spain expanded 18% ability send gas a France with an additional compressor inside that pipe Line The Basque is a measure announced this summer by Teresa Ribera, Third Vice-President and Minister for Ecological Transition, along with its re-activation. El Musel regasification plant (Gijón), located in hibernation, and creating a sea bridge come in Barcelona and Livorno (Italy). Three measures covered emergency action plan designed by the government to help central european countries In the face of possible aggregate supply disruption of Russian gas this winter.
Deputy Head of Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Struggle, Theresa Riveravisited with Enagás CEO this Thursday, Arturo Gonzalo AizpiriAfter this infrastructure, the compressor (Euskadour) “successfully” completed technical start-up tests in Irun (Gipuzkoa) to expand its capacity to supply an additional 1,500 million cubic meters of natural gas per year to Europe.
about a to increase export capacity 18% available so that Spain could supply it to France. Equivalent to 6% of your natural gas consumption, as stated by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. There are currently two gas pipelines in Spain. i run (Basque Country) capacity 2,000 million cubic meters, and another Larrau (Navarre) 5,000 million cubic meters. In total, they added a maximum capacity change 7,000 million cubic meters per yearequivalent to 7 liquefied natural gas ships per month, now expanded 1.5 billion cubic metersup to total Maximum capacity of 8,500 million cubic meters.
“This capacity is not yet used and adjustments have not yet been made to the French system. winter campaignIt’s November and we have October to market this additional capacity.” Thus, the new compressor and thus the possibility to enter this additional gas capacity via Basque cylinder will be activated on 1 November.
Currently, Spain is not sending all the gas these two pipelines can carry, and in fact, in August, net importer (France sent more gas to Spain than any other route). According to some experts, the explanation is due to the high gas demand for electricity generation in Spain. drought, lack of water and higher electricity demandbut waiting for it winter this situation reverseas in the early stages of the war.
“The station is already technically ready to send this gas when our French neighbors request it.” said the vice president. “Let’s look up. This war does not seem to end. That’s why, let’s be strategic. Let’s help now, but think about the next winters. Renewable energies and the interconnections that will allow them to flow between friendly countries are the only way out,” added the long-awaited MidCat, He referred to the gas pipeline from the Pyrenees via Catalonia, which France rejected.
Besides the natural gas pipelines, Ribera said that two other keys to this solidarity came to the fore during the summer months. winter with europe It will be the return to operation of the El Musel regasification plant in Gijón, which will play a strategic role in storage logistics center Gas for Europe “by the beginning of 2023”. The vice president also explained his powers. three projects will maximize Solidarity with Italy by adapting The quay of the Enagás regasification plant in the Port of Barcelona to increase the cargo capacity that can carry gas from small ships to the European shores and “Virtual gas pipeline with Italy” feed yourself regasification plants with small methane tankers arriving to load Spanish factories, primarily in Barcelona.