Where will hydrogen flow to Czechia from? NET4GAS involved in developing four international corridors

Czechia, like other EU Member States, is preparing to develop a hydrogen economy. However, according to the recently published development plan for the Czech gas transmission system, prepared by its operator NET4GAS, domestic hydrogen production in the EU will not be sufficient to cover expected consumption, and a large share of this commodity will therefore be imported into the EU. The planned hydrogen transmission corridors and associated hydrogen infrastructure, which should be ready by 2040, are expected to play a key role.

The European Union, along with a number of Member States, has high hopes for the hydrogen economy, which is intended to help decarbonise local energy systems. In addition to seasonal storage for renewable energy sources, hydrogen should also offer a route to decarbonising industrial processes that use hydrogen conventionally produced from natural gas.

According to the latest version of the hydrogen demand outlook prepared under the European Ten-Year Network Development Plan, hydrogen demand in the EU should reach 484 TWh in 2030, with 127 TWh in Germany and around 5 TWh in Czechia. Hydrogen production in this period should amount to 307 TWh at EU level, 61 TWh in Germany and 0 TWh in Czechia. For comparison, natural gas consumption in the EU amounted to around 3,560 TWh in 2024.