Priority Interconnection Projects 2019 Status Report Table of contents 1 GAS INTERCONNECTOR REPUBLIC OF POLAND-REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA (GIPL) ......................................................................................................... 9 2 BRUA ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 3 EASTRING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 4 INTEGRATION AND SYNCHRONISATION OF THE BALTIC STATES’ ELECTRICITY SYSTEM WITH THE EUROPEAN NETWORKS ................................................. 24 5 ROMANIAN-HUNGARIAN-SLOVAK GAS TRANSMISSION CORRIDOR ................................................................................................................................. 27 6 DIVERSIFICATION OF GAS SUPPLY SOURCES AND INTEGRATION OF GAS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE THREE SEAS REGION WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BALTIC PIPE PROJECT AND CROSS-BORDER INTERCONNECTIONS REPUBLIC OF POLAND-SLOVAK REPUBLIC AND REPUBLIC OF POLAND-UKRAINE ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 7 IONIC ADRIATIC PIPELINE –IAP ................................................................................................................................................................................ 42 8 LNG TERMINAL ON THE ISLAND OF KRK WITH EVACUATION PIPELINE ........................................................................................................................ 45 1 TRANSPORTATION STOCK EXCHANGE IN THE 3SI REGION ............................................................................................................................................ 50 2 DIGITAL PLATFORM ON MONITORING HYDROGRAPHIC BASES IN THE 3SI REGION ........................................................................................................ 54 3 U-SPACE, LOW ALTITUDE SPACE AS A NEW FIELD OF ECONOMY. CENTRAL EUROPEAN DRONE DEMONSTRATOR (CEDD .............................................. 57 4 THE 3 SEAS DIGITAL HIGHWAY ................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 5 3SI MARKETPLACE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68 6 INTEROPERABILITY SOLUTIONS FOR A DIGITIZED AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SECTOR IN THE 3SI AREA IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY STORAGE ..................... 71 7 SMART CITY FORUM OF THE CEE REGION ................................................................................................................................................................ 74 8 ZALAZONE PROVING GROUND ................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 1 E65 (E66) NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTION – TEN-T COMPREHENSIVE SECTION ............................................................................................................. 81 2 VIA CARPATIA ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 83 3 VIKING TRAIN ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 88 4 BALTIC – ADRIATIC TEN-T CORE NETWORK CORRIDOR ............................................................................................................................................ 91 1 5 FAIRWAY DANUBE ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95 6 RAIL BALTICA ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 100 7 RAIL-2-SEA: "MODERNIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAILWAY LINE GDANSK(PL) – CONSTANȚA (RO)" (CIVIL-MILITARY DUAL-USE) ...................... 109 8 “AMBER” RAIL FREIGHT CORRIDOR ....................................................................................................................................................................... 114 9 VIA BALTICA ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 117 10 DANUBE-ODER-ELBE CONNECTION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 128 11 SAVA IW SECTION BETWEEN JARUGE – NOVI GRAD ................................................................................................................................................ 134 1 HU-SI GAS INTERCONNECTOR ................................................................................................................................................................................. 139 2 SINCRO.GRID ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 142 3 COMMISSIONING OF THE REGIONAL LNG TERMINAL IN PALDISKI, ESTONIA .............................................................................................................. 145 4 CONSTRUCTION OF THE 500MW ESTONIAN PUMPED-HYDRO ENERGY STORAGE (ESTONIAN PHES) ........................................................................ 148 5 „COMPRESSOR STATION 1“ AT THE CROATIAN GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ................................................................................................................ 151 6 PURCHASE OF THE FSRU INDEPENDENCE (KLAIPĖDA LNG TERMINAL) ............................................................................................................. 154 1 PILOT PROJECT 5G PPDR – PUBLIC PROTECTION DISASTER RELIEF ...................................................................................................................... 158 2 NATIONAL PROGRAMME FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADBAND BACKHAUL INFRASTRUCTURE IN AREAS LACKING SUFFICIENT COMMERCIAL INTEREST FOR INVESTMENTS (NP-BBI PROGRAMME) ......................................................................................................................................................... 162 1 TUNNEL UNDER PETROHAN PASS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 168 2 MODERNISATION OF RAILWAY LINE DEVÍNSKA NOVÁ VES – STATE BORDER SK/CZ .................................................................................................... 171 3 CONSTRUCTION OF A5 MOTORWAY, SECTION: HUNGARIAN BORDER - BELI MANASTIR .............................................................................................. 175 4 MOTORWAY D3 ČADCA, BUKOV - SVRČINOVEC ....................................................................................................................................................... 179 ND 5 CONSTRUCTION OF THE 2 RAILWAY TRACK BETWEEN KOPER AND DIVAČA .............................................................................................................. 183 6 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LJUBLJANA RAILWAY JUNCTION (LRJ) ............................................................................................................................. 185 7 RESTORATION OF THE DESIGN PARAMETERS OF RUSE-VARNA RAILWAY LINE .............................................................................................................. 188 8 UGS CHIREN EXPANSION ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 192 2 9 REHABILITATION OF RAIL SECTION ČAKOVEC – VARAŽDIN - (KOPRIVNICA) (63,32 KM), RAILWAY LINE ZAPREŠIĆ - ČAKOVEC AND RAILWAY LINE VARAŽDIN – DALJ ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 196 10 CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND TRACK, RENEWAL AND MODERNIZATION OF THE RAIL SECTION .............................................................................. 199 11 REGULATION WORKS ON THE DANUBE RIVER ON KM 1,322 (SOTIN) ........................................................................................................................ 205 12 OIL AND GAS TERMINAL IN PORT OF PLOČE .........................................................................................................................................................