ENTSOG Southern Corridor (SC) Gas Regional Investment Plan (GRIP) 2014-2023 / Main Report

The following chapter shows the historical and potential development of demand and supply in the Region. All figures used have been sourced from the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of the Region in 2013, unless otherwise stated. 1)

The following diagram shows the relative weight of the Region’s countries in EU-28 related to annual natural gas demand in 2012.

United Kingdom Germany Italy

15.90%

France Netherlands

Spain

Hungary Romania Poland Belgium

2.66%

2.12%

1.83%

Austria Czech Republic Slovakia

1.14%

Ireland

Denmark Lithuania Croatia Latvia Bulgaria Greece Finland Portugal

0.94%

0.60% 0.58%

Sweden Luxembourg

0.18%

Estonia Slovenia Cyprus Malta

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Figure 3.1 Annual gas consumption in the EU countries in 2012.

Among the countries of the Southern Corridor Italy is the largest gas consumer as it consumes 1.58 times more gas than all the other countries of the Region together.

1) Demand data refer to TSOs contributions sent to ENTSOG in August 2013 and their projections may have, in some cases, changed until the publication date.

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