Categorisation of Energy Interconnection Projects of Common Interest

 

Electricity Sector

Category A

(E16)

400 kV interconnection line between Arad (Romania) and Sandorfalva (Hungary)

(E7)

Development of a telecommunications system in the Balkan Electricity Sector

(E6)

Installation of out-of-step relay protection, automatic synchronisation and fault recorder devices on the following 400 kV tie-lines:

  1. Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria) - Thessaloniki (Greece)
  2. Sofia West (Bulgaria) - Nisk (F.R. Yugoslavia)
  3. Kozloduy (Bulgaria) - Tintareni (Romania)
  4. Maritsa East 3 (Bulgaria) - Babaeski (Turkey)
  5. Dobrudja (Bulgaria) - Vulkanesti (Moldova)

(E14)

Reconstruction of 400 kV overhead transmission lines in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

  1. Trebinje-Gacko-Mostar
  2. Refurbishment of 400/220 kV transformation in Mostar substation

(E15)

Reconstruction of 220 kV overhead interconnection lines: double circuit Tuzla (BiH) - Djakovo (Croatia) (to 220 kV lines)

Category B

(E17)

400 kV interconnection line Oradea (Romania) - Bekescaba (Hungary)

(E12)

Technical support (hardware, software and telecommunications) for data exchange between former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia dispatching centre and those of neighbouring countries.

(E11)

400 kV interconnection line Elbasan (Albania) - Podgorica (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

(E2)

220 kV transmission line Vrutok (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) - Bureli (Albania)

(E3)

Upgrading the interconnection line Bitola (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) - Amideo (Greece) to 400 kV

(E8)

400 kV interconnection line between Greece and Bulgaria: either

  1. Philippi (Greece) - Plovdiv (Bulgaria) or
  2. Philippi (Greece) - Maritsa 3 (Bulgaria)

(E9)

400 kV interconnection line between Thessaloniki (Greece) and Hamidabat (Turkey)

(E4)

400 kV transmission line between Stip (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria)

Category C

(E5)

400 kV transmission line between Bitola 2 (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Elbasan (Albania)

 

Oil Sector

Category A

(O4)

Crude Oil Pipeline Bourgas (Bulgaria) - Alexandroupolis (Greece)

(O1)

Crude Oil Pipeline Thessaloniki (Greece) - Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

Category B

(O2)

Oil Products Pipeline Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

(O7)

Crude Oil Pipeline Bourgas (Bulgaria) - Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) - Vlorė (Albania) AMBO

 

Gas Sector

Category A

(G7)

Transmission capacity increase from Bulgaria to Turkey

(G14)

Improvement of the existing transmission network in Bulgaria

Category B

(G1)

Completion of the main gas pipeline project in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(G3)

Pipeline connection from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to Albania

(G12)

Interconnection of the gas transmission systems of Romania and Ukraine

(G13)

Interconnection of the Romanian and Hungarian gas transmission systems

Category C

(G2)

Pipeline connection from former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to Kosovo

(G11)

Interconnection of the gas transmission systems of Romania and the Republic of Moldova

(G4)

Pipeline connection from Albania to former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

(G9)

Diversification study to supply Balkan countries with Algerian and Tunisian gas through Italy

(G6)

Interconnections between Greece and Albania

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