ENTSOG Gas Regional Investment Plan South 2017 - Main Report

48

%

%

54

25% Gas

21

24% Gas

15

8

4% Oil

1% Oil

The importance of the electricity generated by gas differs from each country of the South Region to another (Figure 3.6): for example, in 2016, whereas in Portugal and Spain approximately a quarter of the total electricity production was generated using natural gas, in France this part represented only 7% of the total electricity generation. The numbers in 2015 were similar. Spain: 283,074 GWh

Portugal: 42,554 GWh

2015

53

%

12

11

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1% Lignite 9% Coal 12% Gas 2% Oil

South Region: 867 TWh

76

31

20

20

25

12

%

%

%

11

49

7 6

43

20% Gas

18% Gas

1% Coal 4% Gas 1% Oil

5% Oil

2% Lignite 18% Coal

29% Coal

France: 546 TWh

Portugal: 48 TWh

Spain: 268 TWh

Coal

Renewables

Hydro

Nuclear

Fossil fuels

Oil

Gas

Lignite

Figure 3.6: Yearly electricity generation by technology in 2015 and 2016 (TWh) for the South Region, France, Portugal and Spain (Data provided by ENTSO-E)

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Gas Regional Investment Plan of the South Region 2017