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

3.1 Annual Demand

Figure 3.2 below shows the annual gas demand of the Southern Corridor Region compared to the rest of the European Union between 2013 and 2023. It shows that historically the 9 countries of the Southern Corridor Region made up around 25% of the total EU demand.

6,000 TWh/y

Actual

Forecast

5,000

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

0

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2023

2019 2021

Southern Corridor Region

Rest of EU 28

Figure 3.2: EU 28 and Southern Corridor annual gas demand

As in the rest of the European Union, the demand for natural gas is expected to rise over the next ten years. The countries of the Southern Corridor Region are expected to account for close to 28% of the total EU gas demand over the next 10 years as shown in the following table. This increase from 24.9% to 28.0% reflects the pre- sent potential still to be exploited in several of the Region’s gas markets and the per- spectives for increase of gas demand for power generation in some of the Region’s countries.

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

%

S. Corridor

24.9 24.7 26.5 25.6 26.3 26.3 26.5 26.6 26.6 26.6 27.0 27.3 27.7 27.9 28.0

Table 3.1: Forecasts for annual demand, Southern Corridor Region

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