Energy Transition
ENTSOG facilitates gas grids’ constructive role in the energy transition, including the repurposing, retrofitting and refurbishment of the gas grids for the transport of renewable and low carbon gases. The team will undertake the necessary activities required by Directive (EU) 2024/1788 and Regulation (EU) 2024/1789 (Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Markets package, adopted in May 2024). This legislation aims to decarbonise gas markets, promote hydrogen and biomethane integration in the gas infrastructure and reduce methane emissions.
ENTSOG is committed to the goals of the European Green Deal, including legislative initiatives within the 'Fit for 55' package, and policies such as the EU-wide 2040 climate target and the Industrial Carbon Management Strategy. ENTSOG also continues its work on Energy System Integration, specifically the development and planning of the EU hydrogen backbone via repurposing and retrofitting of existing pipelines, based on the revised TEN-E Regulation.
ENTSOG will continue dialogue with relevant stakeholders from the hydrogen, electricity, CO2 and natural gas value chains. Engagement with storage and LNG system and ports operators, DSOs and hard-to-decarbonise off-takers of hydrogen are of particular relevance.
ENTSOG will continue to engage with stakeholders in the following fora:
- Advisory Panel for Future Gas Grids
- Prime Mover Group on Gas Quality and Hydrogen Handling
- Prime Mover Group on Guarantees of Origin
- European Clean Hydrogen Alliance Roundtable on Clean Hydrogen Transmission and Distribution
- European Clean Hydrogen Partnership
- Energy Investor's Dialogue
- Industry Advisory Group
- Industrial Carbon Management (ICM) Working Groups
For further information please contact:
Sara Piskor - Director, Strategy, Policy and Communication
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ENTSOG 2nd Annual Conference, 12 December 2018
Focusing on gas innovation, decarbonisation and the coupling of gas and electricity systems, ENTSOG Members (Transmission System Operators – TSOs) presented four innovative projects. These can be found on ENTSOG’s newly updated website called ‘Innovative Projects Platform’. The conference outcomes from the event support some of the conclusions of the last 31st Madrid Forum and ENTSOG sees these ideas as an important part of the potential gas legislation review in 2020.
Head of Market Change, National Grid
Nicola Pitts
TSO's perspective: Nicola Pitts talks about the future role of gas infrastructure.
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Power to Gas – A Sector Coupling Perspective
To date, the electricity transmission grid and currently available technologies efficiently integrated renewable sources of electricity into the power system. The ongoing energy transition will require additional developments. Power to Gas – and other P2X (e.g. Power to Liquid, Power to Heat) may have the potential to reduce the cost of the decarbonised energy system in particular when the end consumption is either gas or other high value energy forms.
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Decarbonising through gas networks – A TSO perspective
This topic was presented by Jan Ingwersen at the Madrid Forum on 16 October 2018. The 2020 Gas Package will pave the way for achieving the sustainability goals for gas as well as for electricity/gas interaction –and at the same time continue pursuing the goals on gas markets and security of supply. ENTSOG’s five themes for the Gas Package 2020 are presented in this slide package
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How to spend it: Future business models for European gas
This topic was presented by Jan Ingwersen at the GIE Annual Conference in Bucharest on 14 June 2018. Some key issues for the Gas Package 2020 include the need for political acceptance and support for a hybrid energy carrier system–aiming for utilization of existing assets, sector cooperation and optimisation, improved flexibility and better security of supply.
