Sharp rise in gas consumption and domestic biomethane production. NET4GAS publishes 10-year plan

NET4GAS, the operator of the Czech gas transmission system, expects natural gas consumption in the Czech Republic to rise relatively sharply over the next 10 years, mainly as a result of the planned shift away from coal use in electricity and heat generation. The increase in gas consumption is expected to be partly met by the development of domestic biomethane production. Preparations for the expansion of hydrogen use are also fully underway. This follows from the draft Ten-Year Network Development Plan for the 2026 to 2035 period.

According to NET4GAS, natural gas consumption in the Czech Republic should rise to 110 TWh by 2035, representing an increase of almost 50 % compared with 2024. However, as NET4GAS states in the published document, natural gas consumption in the Czech Republic fell significantly between 2022 and 2024, initially as a result of the Covid pandemic and subsequently due to the energy crisis. Between 2016 and 2020, consumption stood at around 90 TWh, and in 2021 it even exceeded 100 TWh.