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The TAP, a new gas pipeline for Italy The TAP, a new gas pipeline for Italy The TAP, a new gas pipeline for Italy

The TAP, a new gas pipeline for Italy

Greece
Albania
Italy
Projects
Industrial Plants EPC Operation & Maintenance

Gas arrived in Apulia at the end of 2020. Renco was among the major players involved in the construction of the gas pipeline and its connection to Italy’s national network. The work strengthens Italy’s position in the European market in terms of gas procurement and energy autonomy. It also offers an alternative to northern Europe’s gas pipelines connected to Russia.

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4
B €

overall cost of the gas pipeline

10
B m³

gas supplied

400
MM €

contracts completed by Renco

4
stations

compression, measurement and arrival

Project type
Gas compression plants
Status
Completed
Client
Trans Adriatic Pipeline
Contractor
JV Renco - Terna
Location
Greece - Albania - Italy
Date of delivery
December 2020

key info

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Trans Adriatic Pipeline
FOCUS
Energy autonomy

In detail

Since 2020 the TAP gas pipeline has been strengthening Italy’s energy independence in the sector. A stable system can only be obtained through extensive diversification in the procurement sources.

JV Renco - Terna
400 million €
Financial Institutions
4 billion €

' Italy weathered the energy shock also thanks to the TAP gas pipeline. We would need to double the infrastructure’s capacity '

Roberto CingolaniMinister of the Environment and Energy Security of the Italian Government
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Focus on the details

CLOSE-UP ON THE PROJECT

Renco collaborated with Greek company Terna on three first-level sites on the route in Greece and Albania. It autonomously built the plant that arrives in Italy through Melendugno, Apulia.

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Renco’s know-how and experience in the construction and management of complex plants for transporting gas makes it one of the most reliable international players for energy technology.

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Renco manages the operation and maintenance of the new TAP plants. A new agreement has also been stipulated with AGSco (Albanian Gas Service Company), Albania’s state-run gas supply company, for the maintenance of the new TAP plants. This amounts to seven million Euro worth of contracts over a three-year period

Renco workers at work in a TAP compression station

Two thousand olive trees transplanted and saved

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Vista aerea della stazione di compressione di Kipoi, Grecia, ottobre 2019

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Renco played a major part in the construction of the gas pipeline designed to transport gas from Azerbaijan to Italy.

Environmental protection was one of the project’s priorities. The temporary relocation of olive trees and their geo-referenced transplanting in their natural site was burdened with technical and economic difficulties that were eventually overcome.

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