Energy Transition
ENTSOG work is continuing to evolve: from fulfilment of its regulatory tasks assigned by the Third Energy Package, through to responding to future challenges and supporting Europe's energy transition, market competitiveness and security of energy supply. ENTSOG aims to contribute to the realisation of European Green Deal, including legislative initiatives within the 'Fit for 55' package, Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market package and the REPowerEU action plan. ENTSOG will also continue 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.
Challenges include addressing fluctuating gas qualities, framing the proper conditions for connecting decarbonised and renewable gases production, planning usage of gas grids from hydrogen and biogas friendly perspective or designing new data flows between TSOs and DSOs. Nevertheless, gas systems offer a long-distance transportation, a long-term energy storage, decarbonisation of heating and short-term demand management support tools.
ENTSOG will continue to engage with stakeholders along the whole value-chain via:
- 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
For further information please contact:
Sara Piskor - Director, Strategy, Policy and Communication
Video highlights
ENTSOG’s 10 Year Anniversary
In 2019, ENTSOG celebrates it’s 10 year anniversary. See the video here of stakeholder perspective of ENTSOG’s achievements
Video Highlights
'Video highlights from ENTSOG Conference 'Gas Infrastructure in a Sustainable Economy'
On 12 December 2018 ENTSOG hosted its second annual conference, to a wide group of ENTSOG stakeholders, including the European Commission and a range of electricity and gas representatives. See here the main highlights from the event.
ENTSOG Conference 12 December 2018
Interviews with stakeholders
Hear from our key stakeholders at ENTSOG's Conference on 'Gas Infrastructure on Sustainable Economy'.
- Andris Piebalgs, Florence School of Regulation
- Bart Biebuyck, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
- Beate Raabe, Eurogas
- Giles Dickson, WindEurope
- Marion Labatut, Eurelectric
- Bartek Gurba, DG ENER, European Commission
Gasunie
Moving towards 2030 and 2050 with hydrogen
Moving towards 2030 and 2050 with hydrogen in the North of the Netherlands!
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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
