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BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept.30. In this first phase of commercial operations of Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) considering we’re starting with a maximum capacity of 3 billion cubic meters/year, at full capacity load, over 8 million cubic meters/day could be provided, Teodora Georgieva, executive director of ICGB AD project company from Bulgaria said in an exclusive interview with Trend.
“This could satisfy the summer consumption and more than half of the winter consumption of Bulgaria alone. And the good news is this capacity can only go up given the planned upgrade with a compressor station in Komotini, planned by DESFA in sync with the launch of the LNG terminal in Alexandroupolis,” she said.
The IGB project is of key importance for increasing security of supply and for ensuring diversification of natural gas sources for Bulgaria and the region of Southeast Europe. At the regional level, IGB will provide access to the gas transmission network for Bulgarian municipalities and regions that didn’t have an option for connectivity. The interconnector with Greece is an entirely new route for the transmission of natural gas to Europe and will give Bulgaria and the region access to supplies from new sources. The project will connect the country with the Southern Gas Corridor and has excellent synergy with other major energy projects such as TAP, TANAP, EastMed and the LNG terminal at Alexandroupolis.
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