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Ireland’s Gas Network
A vital national asset
FRONT COVER
December 2020Ireland’s gas network
A vital player in our economy
Generating over half of Ireland’s electricity and delivering a safe and secure supply of gas to over
705,000 customers, 365 days a year, Ireland’s gas network is a critical asset valued at €2.7bn.
Reliable and resilient, it not only contributes significantly to Ireland’s economy today, but it
will serve Ireland into the future as we meet and deliver on national and global climate action
ambition.
Gas Networks Ireland, as part of the Ervia group, owns and operates the gas network in Ireland.
Gas Networks Ireland safely transports natural Generating over half of Ireland’s electricity,
gas through Ireland’s national gas network, Ireland’s gas network is capable of meeting
providing a reliable supply to over 705,000 gas demand in all weather conditions,
domestic and business customers; which includes providing essential back up for intermittent
11 power stations and 305 large industrial and renewables, such as wind and solar, to operate
commercial customers. Industry depends on securely. Time and time again, the gas network
natural gas and gas availability is a key criteria for has demonstrated resilience during the
international companies when they are deciding harshest weather events, ensuring security of
to invest. Access to the gas network enhances the gas supply and safety is maintained.
attractiveness and competitiveness of towns and
cities which is crucial for growth and job creation.
Gas Networks Ireland plans to have a Net Zero We are aware that our company operates
Carbon emissions network by 2050. in an ever-changing environment,
In 2019, we introduced renewable gas, where customer expectations, climate,
produced locally, into our network for the economic, regulatory, and environmental
first time and we are working with forecourt drivers have a significant impact on
operators to deliver a network of fast-fill our business operations. Our agility in
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuelling identifying, reviewing and responding to these
stations for use in transport. challenges and opportunities remains vital to
our progress and our success as a company.
Irish and international businesses are looking for cleaner and more sustainable energy solutions all the
time. Looking to the future, we will leverage Ireland’s gas network to provide the solutions sought by
our customers, which will help to meet Ireland’s long-term climate goals and ensure that this €2.7 billion
national asset continues to deliver for Ireland.
1Ireland’s Gas Network A vital national asset
Evolution of gas in Ireland
Gas lighting First underground mains
Distillation of coal Gas distribution networks established
18th -19th
Century 1764 1818 1824 1881
Private gas plants built Rapid expansion
of Town Gas
114 gasworks in Ireland
20th
Century
Demand increases
First interconnector Natural gas first brought Indigenous gas found
built in UK ashore at Inch, Co. Cork off Kinsale in County Cork
1993 1983 1978 1976 1971
Network expansion Bord Gáis Éireann established
Cork-Dublin gas Government pass the Gas Act
pipeline completed
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Century Demand continues
to rise
Second interconnector built
to UK including offtake Gas Networks Ireland
to Isle of Man (IOM) Corrib gas flows publishes Vision 2050
2002 2009 2015 2019 2020
Indigenous Opening up First renewable Renewable gas injection
gas found of gas market gas injection point in Co. Kildare
Mayo-Galway to competition fully operational
line built for Corrib following the First Compressed
3rd Energy Package Natural Gas Kinsale gas
(CNG) public station (PSE Kinsale
in operation Energy Limited)
ceases productionGas value chain in Ireland
A wide range of stakeholders are engaged in the delivery of natural gas for Ireland. These span the breadth
of the supply chain from production to delivery to the customer.
How it works
Gas producers (1) produce the gas and shippers deliver to the gas network, which is owned and managed
by the network operator, Gas Networks Ireland (2). Within the Irish market, nine suppliers (3) provide
gas to gas customers (4). Customers engage with Gas Networks Ireland to secure a connection to the
network and pay their chosen gas supplier to deliver gas to their homes and businesses. The Commission for
Regulation of Utilities (CRU) (5) is the regulatory authority for the gas market in Ireland.
1. Gas Producers 2. Network Operator - 3. Gas Shippers 4. Gas Customers
Gas Networks Ireland and Suppliers
Produce gas for gas Gas Networks Ireland owns 28 shippers and suppliers Customers engage with
shippers to deliver to and operates the gas network utilise the gas network Gas Networks Ireland to
the gas network. Shippers in Ireland, facilitating the in Ireland. Of these, 9 are secure a connection to
also source and import delivery of gas to end actively supplying gas the gas network and pay
gas from the UK. customers by transporting to end users in Ireland. their chosen gas supplier
gas through the network to deliver gas to homes
for shippers. and businesses on a
daily basis.
5. Regulator
The regulatory authority for the gas market in Ireland is the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). CRU is
responsible for approving the charges for use of the gas network and for regulating the safety of the network.
CRU also issues network operator and shipper and supplier licences to allow these parties to undertake
gas transportation and shipping/supply activities. It also sets supplier codes of practice and approves regulated
policies as well as ensuring customer protection.
CRU regulates Gas Networks Ireland’s tariffs using a price control mechanism,
which sets the allowed revenue to be recovered from shippers.
3Ireland’s Gas Network A vital national asset
Managing Ireland’s gas network
The network operator
Gas Networks Ireland owns and operates the gas network in Ireland,
and ensures the safe delivery of gas to over 705,000 customers.
Our challenge is to drive the evolution of Ireland’s energy system
and respond to the challenge of climate change while providing
a safe and secure energy supply. Our day-to-day operations are
guided by five core values: Collaboration, Customer Service,
Performance, Safety and Integrity.
Our core activity includes:
• Connecting all new gas customers to the network including work on service pipes and
gas meters at customers’ premises, on behalf of all gas suppliers
• Maintaining and operating the gas network
• Transporting natural gas safely to our customers
• Safety response to all publicly-reported escapes of gas and the delivery of safety
awareness campaigns
• Ensuring compliance with legislation, licences, directives and regulations
• Facilitating the process of supplier switching for gas customers, in one of most
competitive retail gas markets in Europe.
We are committed to:
• Ensuring the highest standards of performance in respect of our network, employees,
contractors and customers
• Managing all operations in an environmentally responsible manner
• Promoting public safety awareness campaigns including Gas Emergency Service, Dial
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Gas Networks Ireland is committed to growth, innovation and sustainability and continues
to be a major employer in Ireland, with 522 people employed directly. Further indirect
employment is provided through contracting arrangements with key service providers.
4Gas Networks
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• Winners of two Green Awards in 2020 sustainably and with full consideration of the
- ‘Green Large Organisation of the changing environment in which we operate.
Year’ and ‘Sustainable Energy
Our ambition includes:
Achievement’
• Managing our robust sustainability
• Chambers Ireland – InBusiness
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magazine Award (CSR) 2019
to challenges
• Customer Service Team recognised • Signatories to the Low Carbon Pledge to
as ‘Centre of Excellence’ reduce our carbon footprint by 50% by
2030
• One of only 34 companies in
Ireland to hold the Business Working • Aiming to have 100% waste recovery and
Responsibility Mark be a carbon-neutral operation by 2025
• Striving for a net positive impact on
biodiversity by 2025 in all of our operations
5Ireland’s Gas Network – A nat
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facilitated in 2019, affording
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7Ireland’s Gas Network A vital national asset
The key role of gas in Ireland
8
Power generation
Natural gas generates 52% of Ireland’s electricity, making the Irish gas and electricity sectors highly
interdependent. Figure 1 illustrates the ROI power generation fuel mix and the significant role gas
continues to play in power generation.
While the average reliance is c. 50%, this can be over 90% at times, depending on the prevailing conditions
(i.e. wind levels) for renewable generation.
Gas fired generators are the largest customer sector in the gas market, accounting for approximately 57% of
the total ROI gas demand in 2019.
Future demand
According to Gas Networks Ireland projections (see Figure 2) Irish gas demand is expected to grow by
21% between now and 2027.
• Demand in power generation is predicted to grow due to increased electricity demand, as a
result of growth in data centres, and the phasing out of peat and coal.
• Electricity demand, in its own right, is expected to grow by 23-47% (EirGrid)
• Industrial and commercial gas demand is expected to grow in line with growth in new connections.
Future proofed – Flexible and robust, Ireland’s gas network is a key national asset, delivering for today
and for Ireland’s future. An ideal partner to complement intermittent renewables, it has demonstrated
resilience and proven capability to deliver on current and future gas demand, in all weather conditions.
The large energy storage capability and flexibility of the gas network is unique and cannot be
economically provided by other energy sources.
Security of supply
In 2019, 47% of natural gas supplies in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), were sourced indigenously i.e.
from the Corrib and Kinsale gas fields, as illustrated in Figure 3. Indigenous supply will decline further
in the coming years as the Corrib gas field output declines and without supply from the Kinsale gas
fields, which ceased production in July 2020. The development of a biomethane industry in Ireland to
deliver sustainable gas supplies is now progressing and will help offset declines in current indigenous
production. Gas Networks Ireland is also assessing the potential for hydrogen on the network.
The balance of ROI demand is imported via the Moffat interconnection point in Scotland, and via two
subsea interconnectors, which connect into the ROI onshore gas network, affording us access to one
of the most liquid and largest gas markets in Europe i.e. the GB gas market.
• Furthermore, Northern Ireland (NI) supplies are also delivered through the interconnector
via an offtake point at Twynholm in Scotland and the Isle of Man (IOM) via on an offtake from
one of the subsea pipelines.
• The gas network is designed to withstand harsh weather conditions, including the most severe winter
peak conditions. Figure 4, which depicts historic ROI peak day demand against available supply capacity,
demonstrates this resilience. This was particularly evident during the severe winter weather of 2009-10,
where we encountered a prolonged period of severe weather and the gas network continued to deliver
gas safely and securely to customers, with additional capacity available, should this have been required.
8Figure 1 ROI power generation fuel mix (monthly)
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50,000Ireland’s Gas Network A vital national asset
The future role of the gas network
in Ireland
Ireland faces significant challenges in meeting EU and national
climate targets and objectives. Ireland’s gas network is a valuable
national asset, which will play a major role in achieving a clean
energy future in a least cost, safe and secure manner.
As outlined in Ireland’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP)
(2021-2030) 9, the solution to Ireland’s energy and climate
challenges will require the successful deployment of many
technologies.
The energy system in 2050 will be Developing and utilising new
decarbonised utilising renewable gases, technologies will play a key role in
biomethane and hydrogen, coupled with tackling climate change and ensure that
electrification and other renewable energy Ireland has a clean, sustainable and
sources e.g. wind and solar. secure energy future.
Transitioning to a clean energy The gas network plays a key role in
economy is challenging as a balance supporting the development of
between sustainability, security and renewable generation in Ireland. A
affordability must be achieved. Leveraging flexible partner to cater for intermittent
existing energy assets and capabilities renewable power generation forms,
will achieve these aims, while achieving opportunities also exist in the area of
a smooth, cost effective and sustainable power-to-gas where excess renewable
transition. generation could be converted into green
hydrogen to be injected into the gas
network.
10As outlined in our ‘Vision 2050’
10
strategy, Gas Networks Ireland is
committed to the decarbonisation of
Ireland’s energy system and to achieving
a net zero carbon gas network by 2050
1. 2. 3.
Nationwide Biomethane Scoping new
network of injection technologies
CNG stations facilities e.g hydrogen,
Carbon Capture
and Storage
(CCS)
Future
focused
The decarbonised gas network of the future will leverage and optimise CNG,
biomethane, hydrogen and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
With the heat and transport sectors accounting for ~80% of Ireland’s final energy use,
Gas Networks Ireland is actively progressing a nationwide network of CNG stations
for the Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) sector; the development of biomethane injection
facilities (direct and central injection); an innovation centre at our campus at
Brownsbarn, Dublin to assess the potential for hydrogen injection on the network;
and detailed research into the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage.
We continue to partner with key national and EU stakeholders, industry bodies,
researchers and communities to plan for and deliver a clean energy future for Ireland.
11Ireland’s Gas Network A vital national asset
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1. Gas Networks Ireland 2019 Sustainability in Action - www.gasnetworks.ie/corporate/company/our-commitment/sustainability-report/
2. 2019 Ervia Annual Report - www.ervia.ie/ervia-annual-report/
3. SEAI Energy in Ireland 2019 Report - www.seai.ie/publications/Energy-in-Ireland-2019-.pdf
4. Ervia macroeconomic update and economic outlook - www.ervia.ie/ervia-economic-insights/Ervia_Insights_2017.pdf
5. Networked Gas Consumption 2018. CSO Statistical Release October 2019
6. SEAI Energy-Related CO2 Emissions in Ireland 2005 – 2018 (2020 report)
7. Ervia Decarbonising Domestic Heating in Ireland 2018 - www.ervia.ie/decarbonising-domestic-he/KPMG-Irish-Gas-Pathways-Report.pdf
8. Gas Networks Ireland Network Development Plan
9. Ireland’s National Energy & Climate Plan (NECP) 2021-2030 - https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/0015c-irelands-national-energy-climate-
plan-2021-2030/
10. Gas Networks Ireland’s ‘Vision 2050 - A Net Zero Carbon Gas Network for Ireland’ - www.gasnetworks.ie/vision-2050
12INSIDE BACK COVER
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