IP/09/804
Brussels, 18 May 2009
The Commission calls for proposals for €4 billion worth of energy investments
The European Commission has launched today a call for proposals covering key energy infrastructure projects such as energy interconnections, offshore wind energy and carbon capture and storage as part of the implementation of the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR), on which the Council and the Parliament recently reached agreement. Project promoters are invited to submit their proposals by 15 July 2009. The Commission expects to sign the first grant agreements and decisions before the end of the year. In total nearly €4 billion worth of financial aid will be available to support new energy-related investments.
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:
(a) gas and electricity infrastructure projects (€2.365 billion)
(b) offshore wind energy projects (€565 million)
(c) 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 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-Kidričevo)
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 |
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| North Sea area Germany-Belgium-United Kingdom pipeline
France-Belgium connection |
Belgium
France, Belgium |
35
200 |
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| TOTAL |
| 1440 |
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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 |
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| 565 |
C. CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE PROJECTS
| Project Name/ Location | Envisaged Community contribution (EUR million) | Fuel | Capacity | Capture Technique | Storage Concept | |||
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| 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 |
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| Industrial carbon capture project | ||||||||
| Florange | France | 50 | Transport of CO2 from industrial installation (steel plant) to underground storage (saline aquifer) | |||||
| TOTAL | 1050 | |||||||
