Check out soNews No.9 - June 2023

GRTgaz and its counterparts in Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have signed a joint declaration supporting the development of renewable energy potential in the North Sea. All have given their backing to the harmonious development of the North Sea’s renewable energy resources via the opportunities presented by hydrogen transport.

Pyrogasification and hydrothermal gasification will see a sharp rise in development over the coming months. These two technologies share the ability to transform solid (pyrogasification) and liquid (hydrothermal gasification) waste and residues, which until now have been little or poorly recovered. They represent a great prospect, both for the regions and industrial companies.

On 20 April, GRTgaz organised a webinar on hydrothermal gasification featuring experts in the field! The useful meeting was a chance to learn more about a promising technology.

The French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) stated in an April report that the French gas infrastructure is required to make the energy transition a success. The report is based on the study of three gas production and consumption scenarios for 2030 and 2050.

Thierry Trouvé and François-Xavier Létang have just co-written a column in Les Echos entitled “The electron and the molecule: a modern fable”. The GRTgaz CEO and the founder of Létang Agriculture & Energie are calling for an ambitious biogas production policy, noting that a “100% electric” energy transition is incompatible with the climate emergency. 

Do you want to know more about GRTgaz? Then read “The Essentials”! This 20-page institutional brochure summarises all the main information about the company, including its core purpose, its key figures, its gas transmission network, its activities, its challenges and its strategy. The document provides a wealth of useful information.

In early June, GRTgaz posted a video posted on its website presenting its new integrated report, “Mobilised for the Transition”. The report gives an overview of the past year and an outlook for the future. An edition can be viewed online or downloaded.

This is the length that Europe’s future hydrogen transmission network could reach by 2040, according to the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) consortium. For the French hydrogen network alone, the figure would be 4,000 km between 2040 and 2050.