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Southern Corridor GRIP 2014–2023
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3.5 The impact of renewables
on gas demand in the
Southern Corridor countries
According to the Directive 2009/28/EC renewable
sources should cover at least 20% of total gross final
energy consumption
1)
in the whole EU by 2020. Each
member state has to achieve at least an agreed rate of
energy production from renewable sources.
In the Southern Corridor Region there are no available yearly data in all countries
about the usage of renewable sources in primary energy production over the next
ten year. We can assume that most of the renewable technologies will appear in the
power generation sector and that this might reduce the gas demand for power
generation or will, at least, reduce the growth of gas demand for power generation.
Although this assumption is reasonable in terms of possible negative impacts on the
overall gas demand, the same is not true for peak demand requirements, due to the
inherent intermittent nature of RES.
1) Gross final consumption of energy is defined, in Directive 2009/28/EC on renewable sources, as energy commodities
delivered for energy purposes to final consumers (industry, transport, households, services, agriculture, forestry and
fisheries), including the consumption of electricity and heat by the energy branch for electricity and heat production and
including losses of electricity and heat in distribution and transmission.
