Infrastructure Report
TYNDP 2024
Summary
Purpose of the Report
The ENTSOG Infrastructure Report is a core component of the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) presenting key energy investment projects aimed at aligning the European energy system with the EU’s climate and energy goals. The growing number of hydrogen projects are now classified under five specific subcategories: H2T (Transmission), H2S (Storage), H2L (Reception facilities), H2E (Electrolysers), H2M (Transport sector for Mobility).
Project submission and compliance:
The project submission process for the TYNDP 2024 was conducted from 23 November 2023
to 11 February 2024. Projects were submitted through the ENTSOG Project Data Portal, following the Guidelines for Project Inclusion.
Comparison between TYNDP 2020, TYNDP 2022 and TYNDP 2024
Key messages
- Each cycle introduces a high number of new investments i. e., 94 (2020), 213 (2022), 110 (2024), highlighting the ongoing innovation, especially in hydrogen
- 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
- NG submissions have been progressively decreasing in recent TYNDP cycles, making up a significant part of the cancelled / not re-submitted projects; this can be attributed to two main factors: the development of the hydrogen sector on the one hand and the fact that NG projects are no longer eligible for PCI/PMI status, according to the revised TEN-E regulation
Key numbers
- 326 Investments total (110 new, 216 from TYNDP 2022)
- 90+ Promoters participated (TSOs and third parties)
- 23 Projects expected to be commissioned by 2025
- 202 Hydrogen projects (~62%)
- 95 Natural Gas projects (~29%)
- 29 Smart Gas Grid & Other projects (~9%)
Hydrogen Highlights
- Subcategories: H2T (Transmission), H2S (Storage), H2L (Reception facilities), H2E (Electrolysers), H2M (Transport sector for Mobility)
- Maturity status: 4 FID, 88 Advanced, 110 Less-Advanced – 74 % of hydrogen projects expected by 2029
- 71 H₂ projects were included in the 1st PCI/PMI Union list
- 33 % of hydrogen projects included in NDPs (up from 17 % in 2022); Germany leads with 24 hydrogen projects in NDPs
- CAPEX ~ € 167 B
Growing proportion of hydrogen projects compared to the total number of projects
Natural Gas Highlights
- Maturity status: 29 FID, 23 Advanced and 43 Less-Advanced – 80 % of projects expected by 2029
- Italy and Romania lead in NDP inclusions
- CAPEX ~ € 35 B
- PCI exceptions: EastMed Pipeline, Malta connection
Smart Gas Grid & Other
- Includes Renewable Gas, Biomethane, CO₂ infrastructure
- Maturity status: 3 FID, 6 Advanced and 20 Less-Advanced – Most projects expected by 2030
- CAPEX ~ € 7 B
- Slovakia leads with 3 projects
1 Introduction
The ENTSOG TYNDP is a comprehensive strategic plan which, together with the selection process of Projects of Common Interest (PCI) and Projects of Mutual Interest (PMI), coordinated by the European Commission (EC), aims to ensure the development of a reliable, integrated, and efficient infrastructure for the transport of energy molecules across Europe. The Infrastructure Report, one of the main TYNDP documents, provides a detailed overview of the future network, starting from its current configuration.
Energy Transition Projects at the Foreground
TYNDP 2024 reflects ongoing decarbonisation efforts and the European path to decrease its fossil fuel dependence. It underlines that gas infrastructure must be developed in accordance with the EU energy and climate policy objectives, recognising that a resilient and sustainable network can only be achieved by focusing on renewable and low-carbon gases.
In the 2020 TYNDP edition, ENTSOG introduced Energy Transition Projects (ETR) as a new infrastructure category. This category gained dimension in TYNDP 2022, expanding into Hydrogen, Biomethane, Retrofitted and Other infrastructure categories. The shift to hydrogen and other energy transition projects is even more pronounced in the 2024 TYNDP edition, which comprises 8 such types of infrastructure categories.
For instance, hydrogen projects are now structured into separate Transmission, Reception facility, Storage, Electrolyser and Mobility projects. This shows the growing trend for decarbonisation and on the integration of renewable energy sources within the EU’s energy system.
Another improvement brought by the 2024 TYNDP edition concerns energy system and project assessment: a hydrogen-electricity interlinkage was added to the existing natural gas and hydrogen modelling. Therefore, the interactions between the hydrogen, natural gas and electricity sectors are better captured.
Project Submission Process and Project Compliance
For TYNDP 2024, the project submission process took place between 23 November 2023 and 11 February 2024. Project data was uploaded through an online portal, adapted to cover particular aspects of pure hydrogen, renewable gas, natural gas or other type of gas infrastructure. ENTSOG provided a dedicated handbook to facilitate the data fill-in process.
In addition, as legally required by Annex III.2 (5) of the Regulation (EU) 2022/869 (TEN-E Regulation), projects submitted to the TYNDP 2024 must comply with specific administrative and technical criteria for inclusion in the TYNDP.
These are defined in ENTSOG’s TYNDP 2024 Guidelines for Project Inclusion (GPI). ENTSOG consulted the GPI with the EC and ACER and took their inputs into consideration in the final version of this document.1
Projects submitted to TYNDP 2024 present different levels of maturity and their inclusion in the TYNDP does not make their development legally binding and should not be interpreted as an endorsement by ENTSOG or an EU body.
1 A consultation report on the GPI is publicly available at TYNDP 2024 Guidelines for Project Inclusion Consultation Report (ENTSOG.eu)