Zeelink Gas Pipeline
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Zeelink Gas Pipeline is a gas pipeline operating in Germany.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs between Legden (Münsterland area) and Stolberg (Aachen area) in Germany.[2][3][4]
Project Details
Main Line
- Operator: Open Grid Europe GmbH Thyssengas GmbH
- Owner: Open Grid Europe GmbH (75%), Thyssengas GmbH (25%)[1]
- Parent: Open Grid Europe GmbH (75%), Macquarie Group Limited (25%)[1]
- Capacity: 26,400,000 m³ per day (9.64 bcm/year)[5]
- Length: 227 km / 141 miles[1]
- Diameter: 39 inches
- Status: Operating[6]
- Cost: €660,000,000/$841,330,000[1]
- Start Year: 2021[5]
Capacity Expansion
- Operator: Open Grid Europe GmbH Thyssengas GmbH
- Owner: Open Grid Europe GmbH (75%), Thyssengas GmbH (25%)[1]
- Parent: Open Grid Europe GmbH (75%), Macquarie Group Limited (25%)[1]
- Capacity:
- Length: 0 additional km[1]
- Diameter:
- Status: Operating[7]
- Cost: €178 million[8]
- Start Year: 2024[7]
Background
The ZEELINK gas pipeline is part of Germany's Gas 2015 network development plan (NEP Gas 2015) and ensures Germany's conversion from L- to H-gas. The pipeline is comprised of several sections, including the: Lichtenbusch to Eschweiler Röhe, Eschweiler-Röhe to Hochneukirch station, Hochneukirch station to Sankt Hubert station, and the Sankt Hubert station to Dämmerwald station pipelines.[9] The pipeline is designed to connect consumers in north-west Germany directly to the Zeebrugge LNG Terminal via the Belgian grid.[10] The total cost of the pipeline will be €660 million.[11]
According to the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (ENTSOG) Ten Year Network Development Plan the expected date of commissioning is 2023. Its project code is TRA-F-329. [1]
In November 2020, Open Grid Europe announced that it had completed the Zeelink gas pipeline and will be testing it in November. It is now expected to begin operations as soon as March 2021.[5]
The ZEELINK pipelines and associated facilities were put into operation on May 5, 2021.[6][12]
An expansion for the ZEELINK pipeline was announced in ENTSOG's 2022 TYNDP (with ad-hoc updates, version from Oct 27th, 2022), as part of the switchover from low to high calorific gas.[13]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 ENTSOG TYNDP 2020 - Annex A - Projects Details, ENTSOG, accessed January 2020.
- ↑ Hartmann, Von Guido M., ZEELINK is coming, Zeelink.de, accessed January 2020
- ↑ Karten, Zeelink website, accessed June 2020.
- ↑ ZEELINK. "ZEELINK Herunterladen" (PDF). zeelink.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 November sees the first testing of the new German Zeelink gas pipeline Pipeline News, November 3, 2020
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Radio K.W. "Gaspipeline "ZEELINK" - Technische Inbetriebnahme erfolgt". Radio K.W. (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-08-17.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "OGE and Thyssengas put ZEELINK compressor station near Legden into operation". OGE. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
- ↑ "Annex A: TYNDP 2024 | ENTSOG". www.entsog.eu. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Start of construction of the ZEELINK gas pipeline", Zeelink.de, Apr. 10, 2019.
- ↑ Stuart Elliott, "First testing on new German gas pipeline Zeelink set for November: developer", S&P Global, Oct. 7, 2020.
- ↑ Das Projekt Zeelink, Zeelink website, accessed June 2020.
- ↑ Bosnjak, Niko; Kielhorn, Carolin; Lehmann, Andreas (May 6, 2021). "ZEELINK: Fernleitung und technische Anlagen sind startklar" (PDF). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "TYNDP | ENTSOG". www.entsog.eu. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
