Figures for Designing a future-proof gas and hydrogen infrastructure for Europe – a modelling-based approach

hydrogen_production_consumption_inputs: includes hydrogen assumptions for three scenarios (Electrification, Hydrogen, E-fuels) and three corner years (2030,2040,2050) on hydrogen production and consumption per country (EU27+NO+CH)

Gas_and_hydrogen_infrastructure_figures: inlcudes figures and tables from the article "Kotek - Selei - Tóth (2023): Designing a future-proof gas and hydrogen infrastructure for Europe – a modelling-based approach."

Figure 1: Gas (including biomethane and biogases and e-methane) and hydrogen demand (EU-27)
Figure 2: Hydrogen consumption and production in the modelled countries for the Hydrogen 80 scenario in 2050, TWh/year
Figure 3: Decision tree for hydrogen investment need estimation
Figure 4: Annualised CAPEX, OPEX, and variable system costs
Figure 5: Hydrogen transmission infrastructure by 2050, Elec_80 scenario
Figure 6: Hydrogen transmission infrastructure by 2050, E-Fuel_80 scenario
Figure 7: Hydrogen transmission infrastructure by 2050, H2_80 scenario
Figure 8: Utilisation of gas transport network (flow/capacity %) (Source: REKK modelling. Red bars indicate capacity
Table 1: Summary of studies on hydrogen infrastructure
Table 2: Total investment need of the hydrogen network, bn EUR/yr (EU-27)
Table 3: OPEX need for the hydrogen network, Bn EUR/yr (EU-27)
Table 4: Variable system costs of the gas network (EU-27)
Table 5: Variable system costs of the hydrogen network (EU-27)
Table 6: CAPEX modelled for 2020 until 2050 (EU-27+CH+NO+UK), Bn EUR
Table 7: Length and composition of hydrogen transmission pipelines (EU-27)
Table 8: Total modelled hydrogen blending (TWh/year), (EU-27+CH+NO+UK)
Table 9: Internal trade of gas and hydrogen in the European infrastructure by 2050, TWh/year, (EU-27+CH+NO+UK)
Table 10: Utilization indicators for gas transmission pipelines (EU-27+UK+NO+CH)
Table 11: Hydrogen transport costs assumed, EUR/MWh
Table 12: Gas transport costs assumed, EUR/MWh