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New infrastructure projects may contribute to market integration through additional
flexibility and diversification of gas supply sources or routes. As a result, both
competition and security of supply should increase.
Regarding the sustainability pillar of the EU Energy Policy, gas infrastructures
already offer a flexible system able to support the development of renewable
energies. These infrastructures are able to transport a low carbon fuel to support
the development of intermittent renewable power production and enable a large
scale injection of non-fossil gas (biogas or gas from power-to-gas processes). Gas
infrastructures provide the advantage of storing renewable energy as well as
transporting energy at relatively low costs.
4.3 Project data collection
process
ENTSOG has improved the transparency on the
process, strengthened the communication with project
promoters and further developed its Project Data Portal
to ensure the best possible availability, consistency
and quality of the collected project data. This in turns
ensures the quality of the assessment.
In order to provide a holistic view of the European gas system over the next 20-year
period, it is important that all relevant infrastructure projects are incorporated into
the TYNDP. ENTSOG has endeavoured to run an open and transparent data collec-
tion process, and actively encouraged project promoters to submit their projects.