North-South electricity interconnections in Western Europe
StrategicPriority · BE, DK, DE, IE, ES, FR, IT, LU, MT, NL, AT, PT · also referenced as NSI West Electricity
Strategic assessment
Referenced by five or more connections in the published network representation. It spans more than one country. Operational facts, dependencies and consequences are not yet assessed.
Official designation is a legal status. It is shown separately from the analytical assessment above and is never treated as demonstrated strategic importance.
Assessment by dimension
Why it matters
Essential-function significance Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Published-network connections Not applicable
This dimension does not apply to this class of record.
Cross-border relevance multi country
Recorded jurisdictions: BE, DK, DE, IE, ES, FR, IT, LU, MT, NL, AT, PT.
Concentration of designations Not applicable
This dimension does not apply to this class of record.
Civil and dual-use relevance Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Exposure and resilience
Cross-domain dependencies Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Redundancy and substitutability Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Capacity and throughput Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Disruption consequences Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Recovery and replacement constraints Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Control and status
Ownership and operational control Not yet assessed
No evidence-based method has yet been applied to this dimension for this object. The absence of an assessment is not an assessment.
Regulatory and programme status no eu programme recorded
No EU designation or Union-list membership is recorded for this object in this corpus.
Evidence
Evidence quality single source identity
1 cited source(s), 1 supporting assertion(s).
Evidence freshness dated
Most recent cited evidence: 2022-05-30.
Location
No verified or documented geographic reference is published for this object. The map does not display a substitute location for it.
Ownership and operation
Not publicly established in this corpus. Ownership and operation are never inferred.
Capacity and operational facts
No capacity or throughput fact is evidenced in the public corpus for this object.
Dependencies and connected systems
No operational dependency is evidenced yet.
Published designation and network context
- Adopts: European Union
- Implements: Compressed Air Energy Storage “CAES Ahaus, Germany” (DE)
- Implements: Green Hydrogen Hub Denmark Compressed Air Energy Storage (DK)
- Implements: Interconnection between Aragón region (ES) and Marsillon (FR) [currently known as “Pyrenean crossing 2”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Emden areas (DE) and Corringham, Essex (UK) [currently known as “Tarchon”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Gatica (ES) and Cubnezais (FR) [currently known as “Biscay Gulf”]
- Implements: Interconnection between La Martyre (FR) and Great Island or Knockraha (IE) [currently known as “Celtic Interconnector”]
- Implements: Interconnection between La Spezia (IT) and Annaba (DZ) and between Suvereto (IT) and Marsa Dhib (TN) [currently known as “Medlink”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Lonny (FR) and Gramme (BE)
- Implements: Interconnection between Maynooth (IE) and Bodelwyddan (UK) [currently known as “MaresConnect”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Navarra (ES) and Landes (FR) [currently known as “Pyrenean crossing 1”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Sicily (IT) and Tunisia node (TN) [currently known as “ELMED”]
- Implements: Interconnection between Woodland (IE) and Turleenan (UK) [currently known as “North-South interconnector”] (No 2.13.1 on the fourth PCI list)
- Implements: Interconnection between Zeebrugge area (BE) and Kemsley, Kent (UK) [currently known as “Cronos”]
- Implements: Interconnection between mainland Italy – Corsica (FR) and Sardinia (IT) [currently known as “SACOI 3”]
- Implements: Internal line between Bordeaux area and Nantes area (FR) [currently known as “GiLA”]
- Implements: Internal line between Montalto and Avenza (IT) [currently known as “HG North Tyrrhenian Corridor”]
- Implements: Internal line between Osterath and Philippsburg (DE) to increase capacity at Western borders [currently known as “Ultranet”]
- Implements: Internal line between Ovelgönne/Rastede/Wiefelstede/Westerstede and Bürstadt and Marxheim (Taunus) (DE) [currently known as “Rhine-Main-Link”]
- Implements: Internal line from Emden-East to Osterath to increase capacity from Northern Germany to the Rhineland [currently known as “A-Nord”]
Evidence
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TEN-E Annex I adopts North-South electricity interconnections in Western Europe as geographical-corridor with the recorded Member-State scope.
Not established
Currently unresolved: verified geographic location; significance level for the supported functions; power, data and fuel dependencies; evidenced substitute capacity; official capacity or throughput statistics; official dual-use or military-mobility documentation; official ownership and operator records; evidence linking disruption to service outcomes; restoration or replacement time evidence.
Technical record (identifiers and codes)
- Object identifier
TENE-PR-01- Node type
StrategicPriority- Object class
strategic-priority- Identity scope
published-context-object- Evidence status
ES-PRIMARY-CONFIRMED- Confidence
1.000- Scenario eligible
False- API
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