BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. For the primary
quarter of 2023, greater than 3 million MWh have been transported by way of
the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB), the ICGB, the pipeline
operator, advised Development.
The corporate mentioned that for the reason that fuel interconnector was put into
industrial operation on October 1, 2022, over 8 million MWh have
been transported by means of the pipeline.
“At present, the transmission system operator ICGB is carrying
out all commitments inside the long-term contracts for reserving 1.57
bcm/y and the remaining obtainable capability is efficiently being
auctioned on the European platforms PRISMA and RBP,” mentioned the
ICGB.
The corporate mentioned the pipeline is presently making certain greater than
1/3 of Bulgaria’s inside consumption of pure fuel and allows
transportation to a lot of different nations within the area
together with Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.
“All services a part of the IGB undertaking has been absolutely
operational ever for the reason that industrial launch in This fall 2022. The EPC
contractor remains to be implementing ending, secondary works that
are a part of the contract however haven’t any direct relevance to the
operational readiness of the fuel transportation infrastructure.
ICGB is carefully monitoring the finalization of those actions and
will likely be offering public data upon their profitable
completion,” mentioned the ICGB.
The Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria started industrial operation on
October 1, 2022.
For the reason that starting of the present heating season, the
interconnector offers practically 1/3 of the winter consumption of
pure fuel in Bulgaria. IGB is the primary route for diversified
provides of pure fuel to Bulgaria, guaranteeing elevated
safety of provide and variety of sources, contributing
considerably to the competitors within the pure fuel market, which
is a prerequisite for optimized costs for companies and home
customers within the nation.
DESFA (Nationwide Pure Fuel System Operator S.A.) is a pure
fuel transmission system operator in Greece. Along with the
transmission system, the corporate additionally operates Greece’s fuel
distribution networks, and the Revithoussa LNG Terminal.
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