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

3.3.1 DEMAND MODULATION

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The graphs of figure 3.9 to the left show the daily demand during 2011 and 2012 in every country as well as the part of it attributed to power generation. It results, from the graphs, that countries with less use of gas for power generation and subject to a more continental climate have lower load factor 1) . Greece which combines the higher rate of gas use for power generation and the milder climate as well as a still immature residential market, has the more flat demand profile. These graphs also show that most of the gas demand for power generation comes from Italy, followed, far behind, by Greece, Hungary, Romania and Croatia 2) and that there is an important potential for increase of this type of demand in the Region. They, moreover, show that the highest daily demand remained at comparable level, across the period considered, in all countries, being mainly affected by winter demand. This signal is particularly important for gas infrastructure operators in order to keep the performance of gas systems, and the related under­ lying assets ready to face peek requirements. This is the main prerequisite to guarantee adequate security of supply standards to domestic, and to a higher level, Regional energy system.

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1) Defined as the ration between the average daily demand (in a year) over the maximum daily demand 2) No data for the use of gas in power generation are available for Austria and Bulgaria

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