TYNDP 2024 investments amount to more than 210 billion euros in terms of capital expenditure. 80% of capex corresponds to the hydrogen category, while the remaining 20% are mostly investment in the field of natural gas. Further details can be found in the draft TYNDP 2024 Infrastructure Report.
5.1 New project categories
- The Energy Transition Projects category was introduced in TYNDP 2020, and expanded in TYNDP 2022 to include the new infrastructure categories Hydrogen, Biomethane, Retrofitted1 and Other.
- In TYNDP 2024, hydrogen projects are presented separately for: hydrogen transmission, reception facilities, storage, electrolysers and mobility projects.
- Other categories include biomethane and CO₂ infrastructure2.
1 Retrofitting existing gas infrastructure for blending of (bio-) methane with hydrogen, as defined in the TYNDP 2024 Guidelines for Project Inclusion (p. 38), available in the download section
2 Repurposing of natural gas infrastructure for CO2 transport and/or storage, as defined in the TYNDP 2024 Guidelines for Project Inclusion (p. 42), available in the download section
5.2 Key numbers
- Innovation is visible in each TYNDP cycle. Figure 8 highlights the increasing focus on hydrogen, in the form of a growing proportion of submissions under the hydrogen subcategories mentioned above, currently at 62% from just over 40% in the previous TYNDP.
- The majority of projects from previous TYNDPs are carried over to the next, proving long-term infrastructure planning consistency.
- Completion rates remain low, with 36 projects completed by 2022, and 28 more by 2024, suggesting lengthy development timelines or barriers. Specifically, between TYNDP 2022 and TYNDP 2024, 19 natural gas transmission projects, five LNG and two other infrastructure-related projects were completed, while 23 natural gas projects are planned be commissioned before end-2025, further contributing to the reduction of infrastructure gaps that the TYNDP aims to address.
Figure 8: Evolution of total number of projects and hydrogen projects.
The following map shows all the projects that were completed since the last TYNDP edition.
Figure 9: Map of projects commissioned since 20223
3 See the TYNDP 2024 Infrastructure Report for further details, available in the download section.
- Regarding completion of hydrogen projects, the majority (74%) are expected to be commissioned by 2029. Comparably, over 80% of natural gas projects are planned to be commissioned by the same year.
- A growing number of projects are now included in NDPs. For hydrogen, 33% of projects are part of NDPs, up from 17% in TYNDP 2022. Germany leads, with 24 hydrogen projects. For natural gas projects, Italy and Romania have more included in their NDPs than other countries.
- 71 hydrogen projects were included in the first PCI/PMI Union list, 13 of which belong to the electrolyser subcategory. Two natural gas projects were also included on the list due to exceptional criteria4, related to security of supply.
4 Reg. (EU) 2022/869, Article 24
Figure 10: Comparison between TYNDP 2020, TYNDP 2022 and TYNDP 2024.
5.3 Infrastructure Levels
- The concept of ‘infrastructure levels’ (sets of infrastructure corresponding a defined maturity status) is also used in TYNDP 2024. There serve as references, compared to which infrastructure gaps are assessed, as well as individual projects.
- There are two infrastructure levels for hydrogen and two for natural gas in TYNDP 2024, graphically represented below. Details can be found in the Infrastructure report, as well as in guidance documents Annex D1 and D2.
See the TYNDP 2024 Infrastructure Report for a comprehensive overview of projects and their evolution compared to previous editions.
Figure 11: Natural gas infrastructure levels in TYNDP 2024.
Figure 12: Hydrogen infrastructure levels in TYNDP 2024.