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Southern Corridor GRIP 2017–2026
0
5,000
4,000
1,000
3,000
2,000
6,000
TWh/y
Southern Corridor Region
Rest of EU 28
2013
2015
2014
2019
2018
2017
2016
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Actual
Forecast
Figure 3.2:
EU 28 and Southern Corridor annual gas demand
3.1 Annual demand
Figure 3.2 below shows the historical and forecasted annual gas demand of the
Southern Corridor Region compared to the rest of the European Union between
2013 and 2026. It shows that historically the 9 countries of the Southern Corridor
Region made up around 25% of the total EU demand.
The demand for natural gas is expected to mark a moderate increase over the next
ten years and this despite the decrease registered in some of the recent years. The
countries of the Southern Corridor Region estimate to account for more than 27%
of the total EU gas demand in 10 years as shown in the following table 3.1. This
increase, from 26,2% to 27.4%, in the forecast of the 10 next years, reflects the
present potential still to be exploited in several of the Region’s gas markets, where
natural gas was rather recently introduced in the energy mix therefore the penetra-
tion of gas is still ongoing and the perspectives for increase of gas demand for power
generation in some of the Region’s countries.
%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
S. Corridor
24,6 % 24,5% 24,8% 26,2% 26,2% 26,3% 26,6% 26,8% 27,1% 27,3% 27,4% 27,5% 27,3% 27,4%
Table 3.1:
Annual demand share of Southern Corridor region