ENTSOG South-North Corridor GRIP 2017 - Main Report

3.3.1 ANNUAL DEMAND

As far as the annual average demand is concerned, the graph in Figure 3.14 shows the expected trend for the countries of the South-North Corridor, the remaining EU-28 countries and all of EU-28. A slight increase in demand can be observed over this period, even though the growth rate is expected to decrease.

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Figure 3.14: Evolution of the annual demand according to the Blue Transition scenario (Source: projection based on data from TSOs collected by ENTSOG)

The ratio of the demand in the countries of the South-North Corridor to the total EU-28 demand decreases gradually from 47.2% in 2017 to 44.6% in 2037. This trend can be related to the higher degree of maturity that characterises the countries of the area with respect to other markets in the rest of EU, which have relatively younger gas markets and, therefore, higher growth potentials.

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