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Gas, when burnt to heat homes
or for industrial uses, releases
25–30% less CO 2 than oil per
unit of energy produced.
SUMMER/WINTER SUPPLY OUTLOOKS AND REVIEWS
Supply Outlooks assess the season-ahead flexibility of the
gas supply infrastructure under consideration of previous
supply and demand trends.
Summer Supply Outlook
explores the extent to which the
market could reach high storage levels at the end of the sea-
son based on the actual storage level on 1 April of that year.
The report has benefited from new modelling techniques with
an optimised temporal approach that were developed for the
purpose of the cost-benefit analyses (CBA). The robustness
of the report is ensured by using the following sensitivity anal-
yses:
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Various supply situations
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Different targeted stock levels at summer’s end
Summer Supply Outlook 2014 identified sufficient flexibility in
all parts of Europe. Incidentally, the storage levels reached on
1 October 2014 were the highest ever in recent history.
Winter Supply Outlook
explores both the evolution of under-
ground storage inventory throughout the winter and the
demand-supply balance in situations of high daily demand.
The aforementioned improved modelling approach has ena-
bled a more consistent analysis of the influence of storage
levels on UGS deliverability during periods of high daily
demand. The robustness of the report is ensured by using the
following sensitivity analyses:
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Various climatic profiles of winter
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Potential disruption of transit through Ukraine
Winter Supply Outlook 2014/15 confirmed the robustness of
the gas infrastructure in most parts of Europe when facing
short disruptions under severe climatic conditions. If South-
Eastern Europe remains strongly dependent on the Ukrainian
transit route, recently commissioned infrastructures will im-
prove the situation compared to previous winters. These infra-
structures now allow significant volumes of gas to be export-
ed to Ukraine.
It is of note that the high storage levels achieved at the end of
the summer were maintained until the beginning of winter.
The publication of
Seasonal Reviews
is an ENTSOG initiative
based on internal supply/demand analyses carried out within
the framework of TYNDP and Supply Outlooks. ENTSOG
chose to publish these analyses and thus share the results
with stakeholders so that feedback could be gathered. This
initiative will help to establish a robust basis when defining the
input data and methodology of subsequent reports. After hav-
ing focused on the supply/demand balance, the reviews now
go further in the understanding of the role of gas demand for
power generation and give a view of flow patterns between the
European balancing zones.
Reviews of summer 2013 and winter 2013/14 confirmed that
the surge in coal power limited the role of natural gas in this
sector. This had a negative impact on European CO ² emis-
sions and also eroded the confidence of institutions and
industry on the medium to long-term future of gas.
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