Kateřinský Potok Junction Point–Přimda Junction Point Gas Pipeline

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Kateřinský Potok Junction Point–Přimda Junction Point Gas Pipeline, also known as Capacity4Gas – DE/CZ, is a gas pipeline in the Czech Republic.[1][2]

Location

The pipeline will pass through the towns of Hora Svaté Kateřiny and Přimda in the Czech Republic.[3]

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Pipeline Details

  • Owner: NET4GAS, s.r.o.
  • Capacity: 27.5 bcm/year[4]
  • Length: 152 km / 93.2 miles
  • Diameter: 55 inches
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Financing:
  • Start Year: 2021[6]
  • Cost: €540 million[4]

Background

The project reached its final investment decision and construction started in December 2019.[7] When commissioned, it will connect to the European Gas Pipeline Link (EUGAL) at the German-Czech border, with the aim being to transport Russian gas originating from the Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline.[8]

In January 2021 it was announced that Net4Gas had put the pipeline into operation.[5]

The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) refers to the project on its TYNDP as "TRA-F-752."[6]

Articles and resources

References

  1. ENTSOG TYNDP 2020 - Annex A - Projects Tables, ENTSOG, accessed January 2020
  2. Capacity4Gas Project, Net4Gas, accessed January 2020.
  3. European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved December 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 NET4GAS Launches Capacity4Gas Pipeline Operation, NET4GAS press release, Jan. 4, 2021
  5. 5.0 5.1 Czech Republic puts into effect gas pipeline connected to Nord Stream 2, 112 UA, Jan. 5, 2021
  6. 6.0 6.1 European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (November 25, 2020). "TYNDP 2020 Annex A.2 – Project Tables". ENTSOG. Retrieved December 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. [https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/cs_final_necp_main_en.pdf National Energy and Climate Plan of the Czech Republic,] European Commission, November 2019
  8. Na hranici Plzeňského a Ústeckého kraje se buduje nový vysokotlaký plynovod, Plzenska Drbna, May 7, 2020

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