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As reported in Figure 5.5, the current amount of L-gas consumed in North-West
Europe is about 600 TWh/y (~55bcm/y), with the share of Belgium, France and
Germany that needs to be converted to H-gas with priority totaling around 330TWh/y
(~30bcm/y).
In the South-North Corridor context, a special role for accommodating the supply
needs just highlighted is played by the new gas flows destined to reach Europe via
the Southern Gas Corridor (Caspian, Middle East and East-Mediterranean sources)4).
In fact, if the supply gap generated by the decline of the European indigenous pro-
duction could be covered using already established flow patterns – through existing
and/or new infrastructure – it is undeniable that this scenario would see an increase
of the traditional sources weight, with a potential loss of benefits evaluated under all
the energy policy dimensions as described in the first section of this Chapter. A lower
sources diversification is indeed likely to affect market competition and, at the same
time, would not improve security of supply levels, at least in terms of dependence
from a relatively low number of supplies.
New gas sources are expected to flow from the Southern Corridor to Europe through
TAP (Trans Adriatic Pipeline), an onshore and offshore pipeline of around 870km in
length crossing Greece (550km), Albania (215km), the Adriatic Sea (105km) and
finally reaching Italy5) . The first gas to be delivered from Azerbaijan into the European
gas grid is planned for 2020.
4) For a better description of the Southern Corridor Region, including infrastructure and flows potential, please refer to the
Southern Corridor GRIP, available at the following webpage:
ment-plan-grips.
5) See as reference for the project “TAP Interconnection” in Italy.
Figure 5.5: The European L-gas market (Source: NW GRIP TSOs)
European L-gas market GERMANY TWh
Production 73
L-gas Consumption 230
Share of total
consumption 30%
Number of customers 4.9 M
BELGIUM TWh
Production 0
L-gas Consumption 50
Share of total
consumption 30%
Number of customers 1.6 M
FRANCE TWh
Production 0
L-gas Consumption 44
Share of total
consumption 10%
Number of customers 1.3 M
NETHERLANDS TWh
Production 240
H adapted to L ≈ 300
L-gas Consumption 270
Share of total
consumption
60%
Number of customers 6.8 M
≈14.5 millions of customers
≈ 600 TWh / year
5 TSO
161 DSO
1 TSO
7 DSO
1 TSO
5 DSO
1 TSO
3 DSO