06 Other developments

GTS (in the Netherlands) transmitted 9.2% more natural gas in the first six months of 2025 than in the same period last year (rounded: 354 TWh compared to 322 TWh). The increase is due to higher volumes of gas being transmitted to gas storage facilities and increased cross-border transport.

Market parties were invited last February to express their interest in importing LNG through EemsEnergyTerminal after 2027. We expect a final decision on this at the end of this year. EemsEnergyTerminal was brought into service in September 2022 for an operating period of five years in response to the loss of gas supplies from Russia. In addition to the extension of the EemsEnergyTerminal, owners Gasunie and Vopak are jointly investigating the possibilities for building a hydrogen import terminal and developing a CO₂ transport hub at the port of Eemshaven.

In December 2024, Gasunie subsidiary Hynetwork published a proposal to amend the rollout plan for the realisation of the hydrogen network. Stakeholders subsequently had until 31 January to give feedback on the proposal. We received nearly 60 responses from producers, customers, industry associations, local and provincial authorities, foreign companies and network operators, representatives for industrial clusters, and port authorities. After we carefully studied all the responses, we finalised the proposal to amend the rollout plan and sent this to the responsible Minister. We now await the adoption of the revised rollout plan by the Minister.

The completion of the Vlaardingen–The Hague section of the WarmtelinQ heat network has been delayed and construction of the Rijswijk–Leiden section is also progressing slower than scheduled. The project costs are also higher than the initial cost estimate from 2021. Gasunie has entered into discussions with the Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth, the Province of Zuid-Holland, and launching customers Eneco and Vattenfall about how to keep the project affordable. WarmtelinQ will transport waste heat from the Port of Rotterdam to residential and business areas in the cities of Vlaardingen, Rijswijk, The Hague and Leiden, as well as other locations in the province of Zuid-Holland.

In May this year, TenneT, Gasunie and the regional TSOs published a scenario report on the future of energy systems in the Netherlands. The report describes four different scenarios, each of which shows, in its own way, what the future could possibly be like depending on choices made by industry and decisions regarding import, the mix of electrons and molecules, and the degree of flexibility. One of the insights from the scenario report is that the demand for energy can be met in part through the infrastructure for hydrogen, CO₂, biomethane and heat, helping to prevent congestion on the power grid, now and in the future.

Marc van der Linden has been appointed member of Gasunie’s Executive Board. He will assume his new role on 1 September for a term of four years. Van der Linden (1972) previously held the positions of COO on Eneco’s Management Board and CEO at network operator Stedin Group. He was also chair of Netbeheer Nederland. Currently he is Business Development director at Gasunie. Bart Jan Hoevers, member of the Executive Board since 2017, will step down from the board at the end of his second term of appointment on 1 September and take on the position of CEO at Groningen Seaports.

On 14 April, we raised € 750 million from the international capital market under challenging market conditions. The largest portion of the money, which is being borrowed for a period of ten years, will be used to fund investments in CCS and hydrogen projects. We will also use it to make replacement and expansion investments in methane networks (to the benefit of transmission security) and LNG terminals (which is good for energy security). These investments will also help cut CO₂ emissions in these networks and at the terminals.