Axpo: missions accomplished [NGW Magazine]
Feb 11, 2021 7:15:am
Summary
With the Southern Gas Corridor now operational, Marco Saalfrank of co-founder Axpo, the Swiss utility, talks to NGW about European infrastructure, energy and the transition. [NGW Magazine Volume 6, Issue 3]
by: William Powell
A major new piece of Europe’s gas infrastructure is at last doing what it set out to accomplish: the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC) began delivering Caspian Sea gas to Italy at the dawn of the new year through the final leg, the TransAdriatic Pipeline.
It just met the target, despite some nail-biting moments along the way – including a struggle with the local authorities in Italy that Rome had to sort out – and it has eroded the price premium for consumers in Italy, long one of western Europe’s least competitive markets.