Trianel Gasspeicher Epe starts tender process for highly flexible storage product

Epe, Aachen. Trianel Gasspeicher Epe GmbH & Co. KG (TGE) has started to market highly flexible storage capacities for the storage year 2023/2024. The storage product with a total storage volume of 210 GWh on an interruptible basis is up for the tender as of today.

A total of six bundles with 35 GWh working gas volume each are offered in two tender processes. The first tender process with three lots ends on 30 June 2022, 11:00 (CET), the second tender process with the remaining three lots ends on 30 June 2021, 14:00 (CET). The term for all bundles is 12 months, running from 1^st of April 2023 until 1^st of April 2024. Each bundle has an injection capacity of 200 MW and a withdrawal capacity of 400 MW. The bundles allocated in the first auction will be interrupted subordinate to the bundles allocated in the second auction.

“This very flexible product has proven its worth, especially in these current challenging times in the gas market”, quotes Carsten Haack, Managing Director Trianel Gasspeicher Epe GmbH & Co. KG. “, who also points out that the high number of bidders shows the market interest in this product.” Since 2020 contracted gas volumes can be transferred to other storage customers. Additionally, the product contains a contractual provision whereby an extended reduced availability of working gas volume is compensated by a reduction of the fixed storage fee. Successful bidders get higher certainty for their planning and benefit from higher flexibility when utilizing their bundles.

Please visit TGE´s website for detailed information
www.trianel-gasspeicher.com/en/produkte/auktionen

Contact: 
Ingela Marré, Press Officer 
Phone +49 241 413 20- 543 | Mobile +49 160 899 47 19 | Email: i.marre@trianel.com

Dr Nadja Thomas, Press Officer
Phone +49 241 41320-466 | Mobile +49 160 96 37 04 56 | Mail n.thomas@trianel.com

About Trianel Gasspeicher Epe GmbH & Co KG:
Since 2008, TGE has operated a natural gas storage facility consisting of four salt caverns in Gronau/Epe (Westphalia), with a working gas volume of approx. 186,5 million cubic meters. It is one of the fastest storage facilities in Germany and owned by 16 shareholders, mostly municipal utilities.

www.trianel-gasspeicher.com