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GAS INFRASTRUCTURE

different regions of EU. The aim
of the Roadmap, to be published
at the end of 2019, is to provide
ENTSOG’s recommendations for the
European Green Deal discussions
and make gas TSOs proposal on
how to effectively combine well-
functioning, liquid gas markets
and achieved effective security of
gas supply, with the commitment
to decarbonisation goals. ENTSOG
members believe, that building
on achievements on markets and
levels of security of supply gives a
solid fundament for the future with
increasingly renewable, decarbonised
and low carbon gases.

Decarbonisation of gas supplies
with biomethane and hydrogen
is already taking place in Europe.
Gas offers the opportunity to
decarbonise all sectors at a lower
cost with the continued use of
existing gas transmission assets and
end-user facilities. Based on today’s
natural gas infrastructure as well
as regional resources and national
preferences, the 2050 gas networks
will transport and store (bio)
methane and hydrogen molecules.

ENTSOG 2050 ROADMAP FOR
GAS GRIDS
Analysing the trend of consumer-
oriented energy usage and planning,
in ENTSOG’s ‘2050 Roadmap for
Gas Grids’ the European gas
Transmission System Operators
(TSOs) propose how to make gas
grids ready for decarbonisation.
This Roadmap reflects ENTSOG’s
TSO members’ views and analyse
three possible pathways forward for
the Member States, industry and
consumers on how to achieve net-
zero Greenhouse gas emissions by
2050 with their gas grids under:
1. Methane Pathway
2. Blending of Hydrogen and Methane

Pathway
3. Hydrogen Pathway

ENTSOG envisages that the
pathways can exist in parallel in

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