React Quickly: Trading ESE
Great performance and high turnover frequency: Trading ESE allows you to react quickly to marketplace changes and balance peak load fluctuations. Use the practical standard configuration or easily configure your own customized product.
The conversion of annual service prices into service prices for capacity rights during the year as well as for the proper determination of network charges ("REGENT") applies accordingly to the regulations of the Bundesnetzagentur.
According to this, the entry and exit fees by the upstream network operator to storage facilities, which are connected to more than one market area are, shall be provided with a discount of 75% as far as VNG Gasspeicher GmbH maintains separate storage accounts for its customers (discounted and non-discounted storage accounts). This proves that storage does not serve for avoiding the transport between market areas. VNG Gasspeicher GmbH offers such an account model for its Etzel storage facility on the basis of this regulation, which comes into force on 101/01/2020.
In contrast to the previous regulation ("BEATE"), gas can only be transferred between two discounted accounts or two non-discounted accounts within the same market area. The rebooking fee has been abolished.
Further information can be found in the product overview under FAQ and in the "Additional conditions for the cross-market area use of the Etzel storage facility" (attached to the model contract).
| Market area | THE | |
| Storage | Etzel | |
| Turnover duration | 102 - 314 Days | |
| Characteristic curve restrictions | yes | |
| Interruptibility | firm | |
| Minimum booking amount | 2.5 GWh | |
| Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer | |
| Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h | |
| Implementation period | Non binding booking request: | Ten (10) working days |
Online bookind: | Two (2) working days | |
| Transfer of ownership | no | |
| Physical storage | yes | |
| Transfer points |
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| Storage | Market area | Adjacent network operator | Gas transfer point |
| Etzel |
THE | Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH | UGS Etzel ESE |
| Open Grid Europe GmbH | Etzel (Speicher ESE), Bitzenlander Weg 3, Speicher |
| easystore configuration boundaries per 1 GWh |
| Minimum | Standard | Maximum | ||
| Injection rate | MWh/h |
| 0.60 | 0.87 | 1.10 | |
| Withdrawal rate | MWh/h |
| 0.80 | 1.10 | 1.40 | |
| Injection duration | Days |
| 81 | 60 | 50 | |
| Withdrawal duration | Days |
| 54 | 40 | 33 | |
| Transfer duration | Days |
| 135 | 100 | 83 | |
| Additional services | ||||||
| Combination with other products | firm |
| Day-Ahead | Within-Day | |||
interruptible |
| Micro | ||||
| Gas transfer | On request (charges as per fee schedule; free of charge for connection contracts) | |||||
| (Partial) capacity transfer |
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| yes | |||
| Injection characteristic curve | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 0.87 |
| IRRed | MWh/h | 0.39 |
| WGABI | GWh | 0.44 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
| Withdrawal characteristic curve | ||
|---|---|---|
| WR100% | MWh/h | 1.10 |
| WRred | MWh/h | 0.64 |
| WGABW | GWh | 0.21 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
* These are the characteristics of the default configuration example of 1 GWh.
Directly in VGS Storage Hub: Trading VSH
The flange product "Trading" is characterized by high performance and turnover frequency. It allows you to react quickly to marketplace changes so that you can balance peak load fluctuations. Benefit from our storage area by an even higher utilization probability of your booked capacities. We optimize our storage facilities and the associated maintenance measures.
Use the standard Trading configuration or easily configure your own customized product.
| Market area | THE | |
| Storage | VGS Storage Hub | |
| Turnover duration | 175 Days | |
| Characteristic curve restrictions | yes | |
| Minimum level | no | |
| Interruptibility | firm | |
| Minimum booking amount | 2.5 GWh | |
| Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer | |
| Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h | |
| Implementation period | Non binding booking request: | Ten (10) working days |
Online booking: | Two (2) working days | |
| Transfer of ownership | no | |
| Physical storage | yes | |
| Transfer point |
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| Storage | Market area | Adjacent network operator | Gas transfer point |
| VGS Storage Hub | THE | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH | VGS Storage Hub |
| easystore configuration boundaries per 1 GWh |
| Minimum | Standard | Maximum | ||
| Injection rate | MWh/h |
| 0.35 | 0.60 | 1.20 | |
| Withdrawal rate | MWh/h |
| 0.30 | 0.82 | 1.50 | |
| Injection duration | Days |
| 174 | 102 | 51 | |
| Withdrawal duration | Days |
| 178 | 73 | 45 | |
| Transfer duration | Days |
| 352 | 175 | 96 | |
| Additional services | ||||||
| Combination with other products | firm |
| Day-Ahead | Within-Day | |||
interruptible |
| Pure | Micro | ||||
| Gas transfer | On request (charges as per fee schedule; free of charge for connection contracts) | |||||
| (partial) capacity transfer |
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| yes | |||
| Injection characteristic curve (1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 0.60 |
| IRred1 | MWh/h | 0.44 |
| IRred2 | MWh/h | 0.32 |
| IRred3 | MWh/h | 0.15 |
| WGAB1 | GWh | 0.47 |
| WGAB2 | GWh | 0.65 |
| WGAB3 | GWh | 0.95 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
| Withdrawal characteristic curve(1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| WR100% | MWh/h | 0.82 |
| WRred | MWh/h | 0.19 |
| WGABW1 | GWh | 0.06 |
| WGABW2 | GWh | 0.31 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
Trading+Gas
Act immediately on the market - with our "Trading + Gas" product, you can start withdrawing gas at the beginning of the service period.
We provide you with a gas-filled storage in the THE market area. Use the gas for your needs and store it again at a later date. At the end of the contract, you hand the filled storage back to us.
| Market area | THE | |
| Storage | VGS Storage Hub | |
| Turnover duration | 164 Days | |
| Characteristic curve restrictions | yes | |
| Minimum level | no | |
| Interruptibility | firm | |
| Minimum booking amount | 2.5 GWh | |
| Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer | |
| Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h | |
| Implementation period | Two (2) working days | |
| Transfer of ownership | yes | |
| Physical storage | yes | |
| Transfer point |
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| Storage | Market area | Adjacent network operator | Gas transfer point |
| VGS Storage Hub | THE | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH | VGS Storage Hub |
| easystore configuration boundaries per 1 GWh | Standard | |||
| Injection rate | MWh/h | 0.60 | ||
| Withdrawal rate | MWh/h | 0.82 | ||
| Injection duration | Days | 91 | ||
| Withdrawal duration | Days | 73 | ||
| Transfer duration | Days | 164 | ||
| Configuration |
| on request | ||
| Additional services | ||||
| Combination with other products |
| no | ||
| Gas transfer | yes, but only for the contract Trading + Gas (charges as | |||
| (partial) capacity transfer |
| yes | ||
| Injection characteristic curve (1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 0.60 |
| IRred1 | MWh/h | 0.44 |
| IRred2 | MWh/h | 0.32 |
| IRred3 | MWh/h | 0.15 |
| WGAB1 | GWh | 0.47 |
| WGAB2 | GWh | 0.65 |
| WGAB3 | GWh | 0.95 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
| Withdrawal characteristic curve(1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| WR100% | MWh/h | 0.82 |
| WRred | MWh/h | 0.19 |
| WGAB1 | GWh | 0.06 |
| WGAB2 | GWh | 0.31 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
Flat? Trading Flat!
No characteristic curve restriction and a turnover period of only 60 days on a firm basis - this is what our product Trading Flat offers. Use the conditions of transport on a monthly basis and react quickly to market changes.
The product is also available on VTP - Hub Trading Flat.
You can book the product in Easystore easily. Do you need the capacity the next day? No problem. With a lead time of 16 hours you can book your desired capacity day-ahead. The fee calculation is dynamic and the current market conditions are adapted. Configure your product in Easystore and in the configuration overview you will see the corresponding fee. An extended registration for online booking is necessary.
| Market area | THE | |
| Storage | VGS Storage Hub | |
| Turnover duration | 60 Days | |
| Characteristic curve restrictions | no | |
| Interruptibility | firm | |
| Minimum booking amound | 2.5 Gwh | |
| Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer | |
| Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h | |
| Implementation period | Online booking: | Sixteen(16) hours |
| Transfer of ownership | no | |
| Physical storage | yes | |
| Transfer points |
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| Storage | Market area | Adjacent network operator | Gas transfer point |
| VGS Storage Hub | THE | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH | VGS Storage Hub |
| easystore configuration boundaries per 1 GWh | Standard | ||||
| Injection rate | MWh/h | 1.39 | |||
| Withdrawal rate | MWh/h |
| 1.39 | ||
| Injection duration | Days | 30 | |||
| Withdrawal duration | Days | 30 | |||
| Transfer duration | Days | 60 | |||
| Contract term | |||||
| Start |
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| day-ahead | ||
| Duration |
| Booking before 01/12/20xx: Duration until | |||
| Additional services |
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| Combination with other products | firm | Day-Ahead | Within-Day | |||
interruptible |
| Pure | Micro (on request) | |||
| Gas transfer | On request (charges as per fee schedule; free of | ||||
| Capacity overrun | yes | ||||
| (Partial) capacity transfer |
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| yes | ||
| Injection characteristic curve(1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 1.39 |
| WGAB100% | MWh/h | 1.00 |
| Ausspeicherkennlinie (1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 1.39 |
| WGAB100% | MWh/h | 1.00 |
* These are the characteristics of the default configuration example of 1 GWh.
Trading VSH green
Would you like to make an environmentally friendly contribution to the storage of gas? With "Trading VSH green", we cover the energy requirements for the injection and withdrawal of gas into and from the underground storage facilities in an ecologically responisble form using energy from 100 percent bio natural gas. Thus the green product differs only in the amount of the variable fee. You do not have to do without the well-known performance and flexibility of the Trading VSH product.
| Market area | THE | |
| Storage | VGS Storage Hub | |
| Turnover duration | 175 Days | |
| Characteristic curve restrictions | yes | |
| Minimum level | no | |
| Interruptibility | firm | |
| Minimum booking amount | 2.5 GWh | |
| Transport | Booking and nomination by storage customer | |
| Lead time for renomination | 2.0 h | |
| Implementation period | 3 months | |
| Transfer of ownership | no | |
| Physical storage | yes | |
| Transfer point |
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| Storage | Market area | Adjacent network operator | Gas transfer point |
| VGS Storage Hub | THE | ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH | VGS Storage Hub |
| easystore configuration boundaries per 1 GWh | Minimum | Standard | Maximum | |||
| Injection rate | MWh/h | 0.35 | 0.60 | 1.20 | ||
| Withdrawal rate | MWh/h | 0.30 | 0.82 | 1.50 | ||
| Injection duration | Days | 174 | 102 | 51 | ||
| Withdrawal duration | Days | 178 | 73 | 45 | ||
| Transfer duration | Days | 352 | 175 | 96 | ||
| Additional services | ||||||
| Combination with other products | firm | Day-Ahead | Within-Day Trading Add on Early Injection | Add on Late Withdrawal Add on WGV | WR | IR | ||||
| interruptible | Pure | Micro | |||||
| Gas transfer | On request (charges as per fee schedule; free of charge for connection contracts) | |||||
| (Partial) capacity transfer | yes | |||||
Documents | |
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| Sample Contract Trading VSH green | |
| GTC | |
| Operating Manual (Flange) | |
| 0Fee Schedule |
| Injection characteristic curve(1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| IR100% | MWh/h | 0.60 |
| IRred1 | MWh/h | 0.44 |
| IRred2 | MWh/h | 0.32 |
| IRred3 | MWh/h | 0.15 |
| WGAB1 | GWh | 0.47 |
| WGAB2 | GWh | 0.65 |
| WGAB3 | GWh | 0.95 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |
| Withdrawal characteristic curve(1 GWh) | ||
|---|---|---|
| WR100% | MWh/h | 0.82 |
| WRred | MWh/h | 0.19 |
| WGABW1 | GWh | 0.06 |
| WGABW2 | GWh | 0.31 |
| WGAB100% | GWh | 1.00 |