This LAP is concerned with the gas quality issues for hydrogen injection and transport in the high pressure TSO transmission gas grid, including gas quality monitoring and metering in relation to payment terms and responsibilities for monitoring and metering
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What is the basis for the billing of Hydrogen and Hydrogen Natural Gas Mixtures? Only the energy flow (kWh) or are other properties involved?
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In Austria it is the energy content – expressed in kWh. One has to mention that the tariffs for the usage of the infrastructure is based on the transported energy and not on the transported volumes.
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What are the legal and administrative requirements and responsibilities with regard to real-time Measurement Technologies for the monitoring and billing of Hydrogen Natural-Gas Mixtures? Do they differ from the requirements for natural gas?
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Not clarified yet but following the so far used approach, there is no difference between for the monitoring and billing of hydrogen natural gas mixtures from the technical perspective. The TSO is responsible for the safe and reliable operation of the grid, hence the TSO accepts gas (mixtures) at the specified quality only otherwise there might be huge problems regarding billing and operation of the grid. The TSO is metering the amount of the gas and the quality with a gas–phase chromatograph. This doesn’t mean that it is up to the TSO to purchase such equipment. These data can be provided to the TSO by the hydrogen supplier as well.
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Are there other hydrogen quality related legal and administrative requirements to allow the injection of hydrogen in the grid?
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The gas mixture has to be injected at the required pressure and according to the reported schedules in terms of volume and time and there might be a need for regulations dealing with the balancing energy. The gas mixture has to meet the specifications of the gross calorific and the other parameters (defined in ÖVGW 31 and 33) value as well.
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How is the responsibility in your country organized with regard to the measurement and other injection related quality requirements? Is this the responsibility of the producer, the TSO or a third party?
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It is up to the TSO to measure the volumes and quality of the injected gas (mixture but it is up to the producer to supply at guaranteed the mixture at the specified quality.)
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Is it a barrier? |
Yes |
Type of Barrier |
Structural barriers, Operational barriers, Economic barriers, Regulatory gap |
Assessment Severity |
3
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National Legislation |
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EU Legislation |
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Directive 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas
Directive 2009/73/EC establishes common rules for the transmission, distribution, supply and storage of natural gas.
Its provisions and obligations apply to Hydrogen Gas by virtue of Article 1 (2), which states that the rules established by this Directive for natural gas, including LNG, shall also apply in a non–discriminatory way to biogas and gas from biomass or other types of gas in so far as such gases can technically and safely be injected into, and transported through, the natural gas system.
Other relevant provisions for the injection of hydrogen at transmission level are contained in Article 42 “Regulatory regime for cross–border issues” and Article 43 “Compliance with the guidelines"
Article 8 “Technical rules”, Article 25 “Tasks of a distribution system operator”; Article 28 “Closed distribution systems”
Article 41 “Duties and powers of the regulatory authorities”
Article 35 “Refusal of access”; Article 8 “Technical rules”; ”
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Regulation 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks
Regulation 715/2009 sets non-discriminatory rules for access conditions to (a) natural gas transmission systems; (b) LNG facilities and storage facilities taking into account the special characteristics of national and regional markets
To achieve this, it sets harmonised principles for tariffs, or the methodologies underlying their calculation, for access to the network, but not to storage facilities, the establishment of third-party access services and harmonised principles for capacity-allocation and congestion-management, the determination of transparency requirements, balancing rules and imbalance charges, and the facilitation of capacity trading.
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Regulation (EC) No 713/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
This Regulation establishes an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators in order to assist the regulatory authorities in various regulatory tasks.
Article 8 sets the Agency’s “Tasks as regards terms and conditions for access to and operational security of cross border infrastructure” thus making it a relevant stakeholder in the regulatory landscape of hydrogen gas transmission and distribution.
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Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/703 of 30 April 2015 establishing a network code on interoperability and data exchange rules
Regulation 2015/703 establishes a network code which sets out rules regarding interoperability and data exchange as well as harmonised rules for the operation of gas transmission systems.
The network code on interoperability aligns the complex technical procedures used by network operators within the EU, and possibly with network operators in the Energy Community and other countries neighbouring the EU. This Regulation may also apply at entry points from and exit points to third countries, subject to the decision of the national authorities.
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Glossary |
H2 quality requirements |
H2 quality requirements are requirements related to the quality of hydrogen (in relation to the composition of the gas(blend) as well as its physical property
Hydrogen quality is a term to describe the gas quality for use in the natural gas grid.
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Injection of Hydrogen at transmission level (for energy storage and enhancing sustainabily) |
Injection of Hydrogen at transmission level (for energy storage and enhancing sustainabily)
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Pan-European Assessment |
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