ENTSOG GRIP South - Main Report

3.2 KeyConclusions

\\ The key conclusions highlighted by this analysis include both seasonal and daily gas demand modulation and show strong differences among the three countries. In particular, demand presents a significant seasonal modulation inFrancewhich is non-apparent in Spain andPortugal, \\ The share of gas used for power generation in the gasmarket is also different for eachcountry: it represents in201224%of thedemand inPortugal, 23% in Spain but only 4% in France \\ These results are the consequence of the role of the gas for the electricity generation in each country with 24% of the Power produced with gas in Portugal, 25% in Spain and only 4% in France \\ The gas demand for CCGTs canhave important intraday variations inparticular when they are backup to intermittent renewable energy sources. As a conse- quence, gas fired power plants generally require a high level of flexibility from the gas system. \\ In France, Spain andPortugal, the yearlymodulation factor for the power gen- eration sector is lower than the yearlymodulation factor of the conventional de- mand. Itmeans, thegas for power generation requireshigher flexibility than the conventional sector.

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