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EUSTREAM among Core Infrastructure of the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) Initiative
Slovak gas TSO EUSTREAM has joined the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) initiative with the aim to facilitate future hydrogen transit flows within the EU. The EHB initiative now proposes an updated vision of a hydrogen network of 39,700km connecting 21 European countries by 2040. Slovak part represents an important contribution to this initiative, enabling future import of hydrogen, potentially supplied from Ukraine, or other cross-border transit flows.
HUSK Incremental Project – updated version of the Operational Order
The Slovak Regulatory Office for Network Industries approved the updated version of the Operational Order of eustream, a.s. introducing the new shorthaul product between Velke Zlievce – Baumgarten. For more information consult article 5.7. and 7.4.2. of the Operational Order.
Additional transmission capacities to Ukraine
In reaction to the recently announced maintenance of UA TSO, with respect to UA Entry capacities from Budince Entry/Exit point and in line with our previous statements, Eustream decided to offer capacity at Exit point Veľké Kapušany. Capacity will be offered for the time period from 1st July 2020 to 1st October 2020, in the amount of 60 mcm/d. Please note that capacity at Exit point Veľké Kapušany is fully interruptible and dependent on the physical flow from Ukraine to Slovakia.
EUSTREAM’s statement on maintenance plans on Slovakia-Ukraine Budince pipeline in the Ukrainian territory
The LLC Gas TSO of Ukraine has announced maintenance plans on Slovakia-Ukraine Budince pipeline in the Ukrainian territory that should lead to a complete stop of physical flows at the IP Budince for up to seven weeks. As a general rule, planned maintenance works are a coordinated activity which is organized between TSOs under the valid Interconnection Agreement in a year preceding the year of such maintenance works with the aim to minimize flow interruptions. However, we were only informed of the Ukrainian intentions c. two weeks ago. Announcement of the maintenance on shorter notice is only acceptable in the case of exceptional events, which seems not to be the case.
Additional transmission capacities to Ukraine – update 11 June 2020
Having sold out capacities at the exit Budince, Eustream increases the interruptible capacities at the exit point Velke Kapusany from 72 800 MWh/d to 104 000 MWh/d and prolongs the period of the offered capacities from July 2020 till the end of September 2020.