BAKU, Azerbaijan, Apr.2
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Transmission volumes of Fluxys Belgium were down in 2020 compared to 2019, Trend reports citing the company.
Border-to-border volumes fell by 14 percent to 204.9 TWh and volumes for consumption on the Belgian market declined slightly by 1 percent to approximately 190.6 TWh. Transmission to distribution system operators was down by 4 percent, reflecting milder weather. Offtake by directly connected industrial companies fell slightly (almost 1 percent). • Transmission volumes for natural-gas-fired power plants rose by approximately 5 percent.
In June 2018, CREG, the federal regulator, set out a new tariff methodology for the transmission and storage of natural gas and LNG terminalling for the period 2020-2023. The new methodology is based on existing principles that have been honed and supplemented.
In 2020, €31.9 million was spent on transmission projects, €0.7 million on storage infrastructure and €9.7 million on LNG infrastructure projects.
Despite the widespread impact of the coronavirus outbreak, all of Fluxys Belgium's essential services remained operational and the company focused fully on playing its vital role in society and for its customers, ensuring safety and continuity of gas supply. At the same time, all necessary steps were taken to protect the health of our employees and contain the spread of the virus.
The sanitary measures on the construction sites brought about a number of delays, but the new infrastructure between Maarkedal and Ronse and between Leuze and Beloeil was commissioned in good time. The works planned for 2020 in connection with the project to convert part of the low-calorific grid to high-calorific natural gas were also carried out. Together with distribution system operators Sibelga, Fluvius and Ores, we carried out a large-scale conversion project in which 120,000 connections were switched over. Thanks to active cooperation between Fluxys Belgium and the distribution system operators (DSOs), the remaining schedule for the conversion has been shortened. The entire market for low-calorific natural gas will be converted by 2024 instead of 2029.
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