ENTSOG GRIP South - Main Report

3.1 Regional Overview ofDemand

In 2012 the primary energy consumption in the South Region was 413MTOE (Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent), 17% of that being natural gas, shown in Figure 3.1.

16%

France

19%

Portugal

20%

Spain

17%

Total SouthRegion

33%

Total Eu-27

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Natural gas

Oil

Coal

Nuclear

Hydro

Renewables

Figure 3.1: Primary energy breakdown by fuels in 2012 for South Region countries (Source: BP, 2013)

United Kingdom Germany Italy

9.9

7.2

France Portugal Spain EU

1.0

9.9%

France Netherlands

%

7.2%

Spain

Hungary Romania Poland Belgium

81.9

Austria CzechRepublic Slovakia

Figure 3.3

Ireland

1.0%

Portugal

Greece

France Portugal Spain

Denmark Finland

40

%

55

Lithuania Switzerland

0%

5%

10%

15% 20%

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Figure 3.2 Share of each country in Europe’s (3.2 and 3.3) and the South Region’s (3.4) total gas demand (2012) Those countries with a demand representing less than 0.5% overall have been left off Figure 3.2. Figure 3.4 

The annual demand in the South Region represents approximately 18% of the total European gas demand. When focusing on the South Region, it appears that France represents 55% of the demand, Spain40% andPortugal 5%, as shown in Figure 3.4.

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