{"id":194463,"date":"2025-06-18T13:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194463\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T13:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:15:11","slug":"eu-gas-demand-to-fall-7-by-2030-ember","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/194463\/","title":{"rendered":"EU gas demand to fall 7% by 2030: Ember"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2400296563-430x241.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Proposals are in place to increase LNG import capabilities by 54% by 2030, indicating a potential glut in supply and financial jeopardy for fresh investments in the gas sector. Credit: GreenOak \/ Shutterstock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap\">A report from global energy think tank Ember projects a 7% decrease in EU gas demand by 2030, potentially rendering new gas capacity as stranded assets.<\/p>\n<p>This forecast aligns with the current downward trend, with demand already falling from 404 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2021 to 326bcm in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Based on EU Member States\u2019 National Energy and Climate Plans, Ember\u2019s analysis also indicates a further decline to 302bcm by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>This contrasts with proposals to expand LNG import capacity by 54% within the same timeframe, suggesting a looming oversupply and financial risk for new gas investments.<\/p>\n<p>The report utilises the latest data from national targets to provide insights into the future of gas demand and other energy sector trends up to 2030.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent submission cycle for national targets concluding last month, the analysis reflects the most current strategic directions of EU Member States.<\/p>\n<p>Ember electricity transition analyst Tomos Harrison said: \u201cNational targets send a strong signal: the EU is ditching fossil gas for good. This gas decline is already in progress, and 2030 targets show another strong fall to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy sources are set to play a significant role in the EU\u2019s energy mix, with member states planning to double wind and solar capacity in the next five years. This growth trajectory positions renewables to generate two-thirds of the EU\u2019s electricity by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the electrification rate within the EU\u2019s final energy consumption is expected to increase from 23% to 30% by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>This shift is supported by the adoption of electric technologies such as heat pumps, which are replacing traditional fossil fuel-based appliances.<\/p>\n<p>Concerning these energy trends, the European Commission and the Polish Presidency of the Council have also recently launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energymonitor.ai\/news\/europe-energy-union-task-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy Union Task Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This strategic initiative aims to enhance cooperation on critical energy policy issues and provide political impetus to address challenges in developing a cohesive Energy Union.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.energymonitor.ai\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/newsletter-new.svg\" alt=\"Email newsletter icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Sign up for our daily news round-up!<br \/>\n                    Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Proposals are in place to increase LNG import capabilities by 54% by 2030, indicating a potential glut in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,1699,5443],"class_list":{"0":"post-194463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-european-union","12":"tag-lng"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114704556064692906","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}