Environmental responsibility

We develop our transmission network and build the hydrogen network in order to promote the use of renewable gases.

We have set targets related to climate change mitigation, improving energy-efficiency and adapting to climate change. Our biggest environmental impacts are related to the management of the existing gas infrastructure and transmission of fossil natural gas, which causes methane and carbon dioxide emissions at compressor stations, as diffuse emissions from transmission pipelines and through the LNG terminal’s energy use.

Our opportunities to have a positive impact on the environment extend far beyond our own operations. By enabling the commissioning of renewable gases such as e-methane, hydrogen and biogases, we can support not only our own climate goals, but also those of our customers and society.

Towards carbon neutrality

The goal of our operations is to achieve carbon neutrality. We aim to reduce the methane gas system’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030. To support this goal, we created a carbon neutrality roadmap for the company. It covers the existing gas transmission network as well as the future hydrogen business.

We promote the carbon handprint in our customer projects by enabling the replacement of natural gas with biogas, hydrogen and e-methane. The hydrogen transmission infrastructure supports the replacement of fossil fuels in the long term. We promote the use of renewable gases, such as biogas and e-methane, in our operations, particularly in the transmission network and LNG terminal.

Gasgrid’s energy consumption from its own operations consists mainly of the energy use of the LNG terminal and gas transmission network. Our goal is to reduce energy consumption by 10% compared to the amount of transmitted gas. We also promote the use of renewable energy.

Promoting biodiversity

We promote biodiversity and we have identified the impacts, risks and opportunities related to biodiversity, based on which we will continue drafting a biodiversity nature transition plan. In our construction projects, we follow a harm mitigation hierarchy, primarily striving to avoid harm through careful route planning. We have begun extensive ecological surveys for the planned hydrogen infrastructure in connection with environmental impact assessments (EIA). In addition, we are developing our operating model to compensate for adverse impacts resulting from construction.

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