ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Executive Summary

1 Introduction

Over the coming years, the world and European energy sectors will undergo significant changes in order to ensure the energy transition. Europe has already set ambitious targets for 2030. This fifth edition of ENTSOG TYNDP includes three scenarios that follow different possible paths to achieve these targets and assesses the situation of the gas infrastructure for those different paths. More change is to come following the Paris COP21 and its commitment to achieve a 80 to 95% net GHG reduction by 2050. The European gas infrastructure has seen decades of investment and development. It offers vast energy storage potential and an efficient solution for long distance en- ergy transmission. In most parts of Europe it is well connected and ensures efficient access to LNG. The European gas infrastructure has a key role to play in achieving the European energy and climate ambitions. Coupling it with the power, heat and mobility infrastructure will enable the decarbonisation of the European energy system in a cost effective and achievable way. The TYNDP assessment confirms that the current gas infrastructure is close to achieving its contribution to the internal energy market. Some specific areas still show investment needs, in terms of better interconnections and connection to new supplies. The projects addressing these needs are part of TYNDP. Most of them are already at an advanced stage of development or are part of the 2  nd PCI list, and are planned to be commissioned in the coming years. By opening the access to diversified supply sources, these projects will ensure security of supply and allow for improved competition. Full-scale implementation of the Third Pack- age will be a pre-requisite for the benefits of these projects to fully materialise. Aside from a limited number of large-scale import projects, the projects needed to fully integrate the European gas infrastructure represent around 20bn€.

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