66 results found for 'gasgrid finland'

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  • Balticconnector gas pipeline back in operation following six-month shut-down

    22 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Safety

    The Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, which was shut down in October 2023 due to a rupture, has commenced commercial operations following the completion of repair work. Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering and its Finnish counterpart Gasgrid closed Balticconnector on the night of October 8, 2023, as the pressure in the gas pipeline […]

  • With offshore repairs soon to begin, Balticconnector restart set for April

    16 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    Offshore repair works for the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, which was shut down in October 2023 due to a rupture, are set to start at the beginning of next month. Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering and its Finnish counterpart Gasgrid closed Balticconnector on the night of October 8, 2023, as the […]

  • With offshore repairs done, Balticconnector about to restart after six-month shut-down

    5 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Preparatory work has begun for the commissioning of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia which was shut down in October 2023 due to a rupture, following the completion of repair work. Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering and its Finnish counterpart Gasgrid closed Balticconnector on the night of October 8, 2023, as the pressure […]

  • Nine gas TSOs join forces for hydrogen infrastructure in Baltic Sea region

    18 June 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    Nine gas transmission system operators (TSOs) from the Baltic Sea region agreed to facilitate the region’s hydrogen transmission and storage infrastructure.

  • Gasum procures large SEFE LNG cargo to Finland’s Inkoo FSRU terminal

    11 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Finnish energy company Gasum has delivered a cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG), procured from Germany’s SEFE (Securing Energy for Europe), to the Inkoo floating storage regasification unit (FSRU). The LNG cargo is approximately 800 GWh in size, and as already mentioned, it is supplied by SEFE, or more specifically, SEFE Marketing & Trading, a […]

  • UK firm lands a hand to Saipem at European gas project

    12 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has taken part in an LNG project in Europe, assisting Saipem with a FSRU project in Greece.

  • Events in the subsea sector that marked 2023

    2 January 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Safety

    As we gradually shift our focus on the new year and on what lies ahead in the offshore energy industry in 2024, let’s give a last look to 2023 to pay tribute to this very eventful year. Unfortunately, the year was marked with a number of dark events, with the Balticconnector offshore gas pipeline incident […]

  • Following incident, Balticconnector pipeline capacity getting a boost to strengthen regional gas system

    23 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Gasgrid and Elering have revealed an increase in the technical capacity of the Balticconnector interconnection point.

  • EC’s Projects of Common Interest list includes hydrogen for the first time

    28 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    The European Commission (EC) has adopted the first list of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMIs) that is fully in line with the European Green Deal. For the first time, hydrogen and electrolyzer projects are included in the list. The EC adopted the list containing a total of 166 key […]

  • After pipeline incident, JEF partners pool resources for subsea infrastructure protection in Baltic Sea

    5 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) has embarked on an exercise in the Baltic Sea region to protect subsea infrastructure.

  • CCS, hydrogen, and electricity cross-border energy projects hailed as ‘missing links’ to future-proof EU

    29 November 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    EU’s PCI list entails grid upgrades and the buildout of more hydrogen, green electricity, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS).

  • Investigation launches over suspected leak on European offshore gas pipeline

    9 October 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Safety

    Finnish and Estonian transmission system operators (TSOs) Gasgrid Finland and Elering have launched an investigation over suspicion that there is a leak in an offshore gas pipeline that connects the two countries. Gasgrid Finland and Elering observed an unusual drop in pressure in the Balticconnector offshore gas pipeline on October 8, shortly before 2 a.m. Based […]

  • Finland’s Inkoo FSRU receives second LNG cargo from Gasum after Balticconnector incident

    6 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels

    Following rupture and shutdown of the Balticconnector gas pipeline in early October, Finland’s Inkoo FSRU terminal has received second LNG cargo from Gasum. According to Gasum, the cargo arrived on November 5 and unloading to the FSRU has started where the LNG will be regasified and fed into the Finnish gas pipeline grid. The LNG […]

  • Damage to Finland-Estonia offshore gas pipeline likely caused by external activity, Finland says

    11 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    The damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was not caused by the normal gas transmission process, Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Gasgrid reported following the launch of an investigation into a leak announced earlier this week. Gasgrid Finland informed that the location of the leak in the Balticconnector pipeline causing disruption […]

  • Eesti Gaas to bring extra LNG supplies to Inkoo terminal in Finland

    23 October 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Energy company Eesti Gaas, also known as Elenger, has announced it will bring an additional LNG cargo from the United States (U.S.) to the Inkoo terminal, Finland, in the second half of November 2023 to cover the country’s gas consumption. Margus Kaasik, Chairman of the Management Board of Eesti Gaas, stated: “The market can handle […]

  • Gasgrid Finland awards basic design contract for hydrogen transmission pipeline

    24 August 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    State-owned transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland has taken the next step in the development of its hydrogen transfer infrastructure demonstration project with a contract for the basic design of a 23-kilometre hydrogen transmission pipeline. Namely, Gagrid Vetyverkot Oy, which was founded at the end of 2022 to promote the development of the Finnish hydrogen network, has […]

  • Seismic signals indicating possible explosion recorded near Balticconnector gas pipeline

    16 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Safety

    Seismic signals have been recorded in the vicinity of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia, indicating a possible explosion had occurred around the time an unusual drop in pressure was observed. To remind, Balticconnector was shut down at midnight on October 8 after Finnish and Estonian transmission system operators (TSOs) Gasgrid and Elering observed an abnormal […]

  • Gasum: Gasgrid Finland starts TSO ops

    3 January 2020

    The Nordic energy company Gasum noted that the Finnish gas market has opened up to the competition and the wholesale of gas and transmission network has been unbundled from each other 1 of January 2020.

  • Gasgrid Finland launches market consultations for national hydrogen infrastructure

    19 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Transition

    As part of its task to develop national hydrogen infrastructure, international cooperation and hydrogen market around the Baltic Sea region, state-owned transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland has organised a non-binding market consultation for industrial actors to gain insight into their hydrogen-related plans. The Finnish government has tasked Gagrid with the development of national hydrogen infrastructure as […]

  • Gasgrid Finland’s LNG floating terminal is fully up and running

    16 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    With the integration of the LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar into Gasgrid Finland’s gas transmission network, Finland’s first FSRU-based terminal, located in the deep harbour at Inkoo, is now fully ready for use. Esa Hallivuori, Senior Vice President of Transmission Business at Gasgrid Finland, said: “We have now got our LNG floating […]

  • Finland’s first FSRU anchors in Port of Inkoo

    28 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar has anchored in the deep harbour Inkoo, Finland, to serve the country’s first FSRU-based terminal. Finnish transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland confirmed the Exemplar’s arrival on 28 December stating that “the floating terminal vessel turned out to be the fastest and most effective solution to phase out […]

  • Gas pipeline for Gasgrid Finland’s floating LNG terminal completed in record time

    14 February 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure

    Neste’s Engineering Solutions has completed the construction work of the 2.2-kilometre gas transmission pipeline for Gasgrid Finland’s floating LNG terminal vessel FSRU Exemplar in the port of Inkoo. Finnish transmission system operator Gasgrid recently implemented the country’s first FSRU-based terminal to secure the supply of gas to industry, energy production and households from winter 2023 […]

  • Gasgrid reduces number of planned LNG import slots at Inkoo terminal

    9 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Finnish transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland has reduced the total number of planned LNG import slots at the country’s first FSRU-based terminal for Q2 and Q3 2023. Finland’s floating LNG terminal is located in the port of Inkoo where Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Exemplar was anchored at the end of 2022 […]

  • Gasgrid and Fortum complete deal to moor FSRU Exemplar

    22 August 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Gasgrid and Fortum have signed an agreement to place the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Fortum’s port in Inkoo.

  • BalticSeaH2 project moves forward

    6 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    Gasgrid Finland, a Finnish state-owned company and transmission system operator, has announced that a joint hydrogen valley project, BalticSeaH2, between Finland and Estonia is underway. Gasgrid said the 5-year project will next proceed to the preparation of a financing agreement with the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, and the goal is to get the project started in […]