European coordinators

The Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks (TEN-E), foresees the appointment of European coordinators in order to monitor and to facilitate the implementation of the most critical identified priority projects. In this context, the appointment of Coordinators has also been mentioned as an opportunity for important infrastructures encountering difficulties in the conclusions of the European Council of 8/9 March 2007.

Four European coordinators have been appointed on the 12 September 2007 by the Commission for duration of four years and they will monitor projects facing technical, political or financial difficulties. The "Priority Interconnection Plan" adopted by the Commission on 10 January 2007 in the framework of the so-called "energy package" and the Action Plan adopted by the European Council on 9 March 2007 mentions specifically the nomination of European Coordinators for the following projects:

Annual activity reports 2007/2008

High voltage connection France-Spain (Mr. Mario Monti)
Annex
Carte

Connections to off-shore wind power in Northern Europe (Mr Adamowitsch)

Power link between Germany, Poland and Lithuania" (Mr Mielczarski)

June 2008

• Rapport Final du coordonnateur sur l'interconnexion électrique France - Espagne
  Rapport portant sur le tronçon transfrontalier rédigé à la demande du Chef de l'Etat français, M. Sarkozy et du Président du Gouvernement espagnol, M. Zapatero
  Rapport Final  
  Accord ratifié par les gouvernements français et espagnol sur l'interconnexion électique France-Espagne  (27 juin 2008, Saragosse)

Answers to questions raised by the associations in the framework of the first information session
Complementary answers to questions raised by the associations
Comparaison of alignment options: full land solution and mixed (land -undersea) solution

December 2007

• High voltage connection France-Spain (Mr. Mario Monti);
  Rapport  

Report on the justification of the France-Spain electric interconnection and technical information on undergounding solutions
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Justification of the line
Undergrounding solutions
Technical annexes
Comparaison of technological solutions
Masterplan of electric interconnections through the Pyrénées
 

• Off shore wind connections in the Baltic and North Sea areas (Mr. Adamowitsch);
• NABUCCO gas connection project (Mr. van Aartsen);
• Power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania (Mr. Mielczarski).