ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

3.2 Historical Demand Analysis

3.2.1 ANNUAL DEMAND

Figure 3.1 illustrates demand data for the calendar year 2015, with the aggregated demand of the South-North Corridor Region representing approximately 50% of the total demand of the EU-28 countries. The same graph shows the consumption of the South-North Corridor countries as a percentage of the total European consump- tion, while the Regional demand breakdown between the six countries of the Region is illustrated in Figure 3.2.

LU 0.2 % CH 0.8% BE 3.8% FR 10.2%

IT 15.6%

50.6

49.4

%

DE 18.9%

Rest of EU-28

Region

Figure 3.1: Relative weight of Regional gas demand in 2015

(Source: ENTSOG data collection for TYNDP 2017 based on information from TSOs)

1.6

7.6

LU CH BE FR IT DE

0.4

38.2

20.7

%

31.5

Figure 3.2: Relative breakdown of Regional gas demand in 2015

(Source: ENTSOG data collection for TYNDP 2017 based on information from TSOs)

Figure 3.3 indicates the consumption of most of the European countries for calen- dar years 2014 and 2015 as a percentage of the total European demand. A slight increase can be observed in the percentage of total EU demand between the two years for the countries of the South-North Corridor, while some countries of Eastern Europe (i. e. Austria, Poland, Romania and Croatia) and Northwestern Europe (the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark) saw a slight decrease in share between 2014 and 2015.

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