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Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: "The financing that has been made
available will act as a role to secure and speed up investments in the energy
sector. In addition, the funds allocated to projects will have a direct impact
on the EU economy and on employment.
"It will also help to improve the security of supply of the most vulnerable
Member States. The gas crisis earlier this year showed the vulnerability of
Europe with respect to its gas supply. In addition this funding will assist in
speeding up the implementation of the 20/20/20 objectives for 2020 by promoting
for the first time on a large scale the development of Carbon Capture Storage
technologies and the implementation of high power wind turbines."
The EU funding available for the implementation of the EEPR for 2009 and 2010
will be €3.98 billion, allocated as follows:
- gas and electricity infrastructure projects (€2.365 billion)
- offshore wind energy projects (€565 million)
- carbon capture and storage projects (€1.050 billion )
The list of eligible projects is indicated in the annex. The text
of the call for tender, as well as the supporting documents, is available on the
Commission's
href="http://wcmcom-ec-europa-eu-wip.wcmvue.cec.eu.int:8080/energy/grants/2009_07_15_en.htm">website.
ANNEX Eligible projects
A. INTERCONNECTIONS
1. Gas interconnections
|
Project
|
Location of projects supported
|
Envisaged Community contribution
(€ million)
|
|
Southern Gas Corridor
Nabucco
ITGI –
Poseidon
|
Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania
Italy, Greece
|
200
100
|
|
Baltic interconnection
Skanled, Baltic Pipe
|
Poland, Denmark, Sweden
|
150
|
|
LNG network
Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Polish coast at
port of Świnoujście
|
Poland
|
80
|
|
Central and South East Europe
Slovakia-Hungary
Interconnector
(Velky Krtis – Vecsés)
Gas transmission
system in Slovenia between the Austrian Border to Ljubljana (excluding the
section Rogatec-KidriÄevo)
Interconnection
Bulgaria-Greece
(Stara Zagora - Dimitrovgrad-Komotini)
Romania-Hungary
gas interconnector
Expansion of Gas Storage Capacity in the Czech
hub
Infrastructure and equipment to permit reverse gas flow in the event
of short term supply disruption
Slovakia-Poland
interconnection
Hungary-Croatia interconnection
Bulgaria-Romania
interconnection
|
Slovakia, Hungary
Slovenia
Bulgaria,
Greece
Romania, Hungary
Czech Republic
Austria,
Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia
Slovakia,
Poland
Hungary
Bulgaria, Romania
|
30
40
45
30
35
80
20
20
10
|
|
Mediterranean
Reinforcement of French gas network on the
Africa-Spain-France axis
|
France
|
200
|
|
GALSI (Gazoduc Algérie-Italie)
Gas Interconnection Western
Axis Larrau Branch
|
Italy
Spain
|
120
45
|
|
North Sea area
Germany-Belgium-United Kingdom
pipeline
France-Belgium connection
|
Belgium
France, Belgium
|
35
200
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
1440
|
2. Electricity interconnections
|
Project
|
Location of projects supported
|
Envisaged Community contribution
(EUR million)
|
|
Baltic interconnection
Estlink-2
Interconnection Sweden-
Baltic States, and strengthening of the grid in Baltic States
|
Estonia, Finland
Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania
|
100
175
|
|
Central and South East Europe
Halle/Saale –
Schweinfurt
Wien-Györ
|
Germany
Austria, Hungary
|
100
20
|
|
Mediterranean
Portugal-Spain interconnection
reinforcement
Interconnection France-Spain (Baixas – Sta
Llogaia)
New 380 kV AC submarine cable between Sicily- Continental Italy
(Sorgente – Rizziconi)
|
Portugal
France, Spain
Italy
|
50
225
110
|
|
North Sea area
500 MW Ireland/Wales interconnector
(Meath-Deeside)
|
Ireland, United Kingdom
|
110
|
|
Electricity interconnection Malta-Italy
|
Malta/Italy
|
20
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
910
|
3. Small island projects
|
Small isolated island initiatives
|
Cyprus
Malta
|
10
5
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
15
|
B. OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS
|
Project
|
Capacity
|
Location of projects supported
|
Envisaged
Community
contribution
(EUR
million)
|
|
1) Grid integration of offshore wind energy
|
|
1.1. Baltic - Kriegers Flak I, II, III
Building on
projects under development. Financing aimed at ensuring extra cost for securing
a joint interconnection solution.
|
1.5 GW
|
Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland
|
150
|
|
1.2. North sea grid
Modular development of offshore grid,
demonstration of virtual offshore power plant and integration in the existing
onshore grid system.
|
1 GW
|
United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France,
Luxembourg
|
165
|
|
2) New turbines, structures and components, optimisation of
manufacturing capacities
|
|
2.1 Borkum West II - Bard 1 - Nordsee Ost -
Global Tech I
New generation of multi-megawatt size turbines (5-7 MW) and
innovative structures, situated far from shore (up to 100 km) in deeper waters
(up to 40 m).
|
1.6 GW
|
Germany
|
200
|
|
2.2 Aberdeen offshore wind farm (European testing
centre)
Building on project presently under development - Testing of multi-MW
turbines. Development of innovative structures and substructures including
optimisation of manufacturing capacities of offshore wind energy production
equipment. An increase in size of 100MW can be envisaged.
|
0.25 GW
|
United Kingdom
|
40
|
|
2.3 Thornton Bank
Building on project presently under
development. Learning from the Downvind project (co financed through FP6);
Upscaling the Downvind installations turbines (5 MW size) in deep waters ( up to
30 m) with low visual impact (up to 30 km).
|
90MW
|
Belgium
|
10
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
565
|
C. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE PROJECTS
|
Project Name/
Location
|
Envisaged
Community
contribution
(EUR
million)
|
Fuel
|
Capacity
|
Capture Technique
|
Storage Concept
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Huerth
|
Germany
|
180
|
Coal
|
450 MW
|
IGCC
|
Saline Aquifer
|
|
Jaenschwalde
|
Coal
|
500 MW
|
Oxyfuel
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Eemshaven
|
Netherlands
|
180
|
Coal
|
1200 MW
|
IGCC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Rotterdam
|
Coal
|
1080 MW
|
PC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Rotterdam
|
Coal
|
800 MW
|
PC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Belchatow
|
Poland
|
180
|
Coal
|
858 MW
|
PC
|
Saline Aquifer
|
|
Compostilla (León)
|
Spain
|
180
|
Coal
|
500 MW
|
Oxyfuel
|
Saline Aquifer
|
|
Kingsnorth
|
United
Kingdom
|
180
|
Coal
|
800 MW
|
PC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Longannet
|
Coal
|
3390 MW
|
PC
|
Saline Aquifer
|
|
Tilbury
|
Coal
|
1600 MW
|
PC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Hatfield
(Yorkshire)
|
Coal
|
900 MW
|
IGCC
|
Oil/Gas fields
|
|
Porto Tolle
|
Italy
|
100
|
Coal
|
660 MW
|
PC
|
|
|
Industrial carbon capture project
|
|
Florange
|
France
|
50
|
Transport of CO2 from industrial installation (steel plant) to underground
storage (saline aquifer)
|
|
TOTAL
|
1050
|
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