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Disenchanted modernities: Mega-infrastructure projects, socio-ecological changes and local responses
Year (definitive publication)
2024
Language
English
Country
Germany
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Abstract
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is one of three pipelines – together with the South
Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) – that
make up the Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), a European Union (EU) initiative aimed at
connecting the Azeri gas fields in the Caspian Sea to the European gas network. The
SGC is one of the nine priority corridors of the Trans-European Networks for Energy
(TEN-E), the EU policy framework for linking infrastructures of member states. Listed
among the Projects of Common Interest (PCIs), the TAP has received institutional and
financial support from the EU. Starting from the Greek-Turkish border, the TAP runs
through Greece, Albania, the Adriatic Sea and Italy for a total length of 878 km. The
TAP ends in the municipality of Melendugno, a small town in southern Italy, where the
Pipeline Receiving Terminal (PRT) is located. A further 55 km pipeline connects the
PRT to the national gas grid, running across the historical region known as Salento.
Only 3.7% of the whole TAP runs through Italian territory: 33 km, of which 8 onshore.
The transnational pipeline was built by the Swiss-based company TAP AG, while the
interconnector pipeline is being built by Snam, the Italian company that manages the
national gas grid and holds a 20% stake in TAP AG.
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Keywords
Gas infrastructure,Italy,Pipeline,Salento,Energy corridors,Southern gas corridor