Consultation of actors in the CH4, H2 and CO2 markets: Future prospects

These consultations are accessible to all actors and stakeholders in the CH₄, H₂ and CO₂ markets, be they network operators, industries, infrastructure managers, public and institutional actors, or professional associations and academic actors.

• 4 April 2025: Launch webinar with information about the consultation approach

• 13 May 2025: Half-day themed workshops:

  • A workshop dedicated to hydrogen as an energy carrier, with a particular focus on development scenarios for that market;

  • A workshop dedicated to CO₂ logistics

• 3 June 2025: Workshop on the methodological framework and assumptions to consider when analysing developments in CH₄ flows by 2035.

• Launch webinar

NaTran and Teréga will present the process and the framework of assumptions on which they propose to build their prospective analyses governing developments in the transport networks. They have also developed a number of broad narratives or scenarios concerning developments in national and import/export trajectories, looking at the regional view. 

The aim of the consultation is to check that the range of scenarios covers the uncertainties and developments envisaged by the different stakeholders, and then to consolidate it with the help of contributions from the actors who drive the market. Those contributions will be gathered via questionnaires and technical exchanges during workshops and on-request bilateral meetings with NaTran and Teréga.

This is the framework of assumptions which will then be used by NaTran and Teréga in their different analyses. 

• Themed workshops

In the workshops dedicated to H₂, CO₂ and CH₄, NaTran and Teréga propose consulting experts on the different subjects in greater depth. This will allow them, on the one hand, to consolidate the framework of assumptions as a whole, and on the other hand, to discuss the tools and methods implemented by NaTran and Teréga to conduct the different analyses of their future vision for their infrastructures.

Participants in the consultation process: 

• will receive aggregated information from NaTran and Teréga about prospects for changing needs and their impacts on transport infrastructures,

• will be able to help construct the analytical framework (assumptions) on which NaTran and Teréga will rely when developing their future vision of energy infrastructures,

• will help with designing networks that are built to closely match their needs and at the most reasonable cost,

• and will have an opportunity to exchange views more informally with all participants.