Renewables Could Cut EU Gas Demand 25% by 2030

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis estimates that meeting EU targets for solar, wind and heat-pump deployment could cut the bloc's gas demand by about 25% by 2030. The analysis estimates these technologies already displaced 8.8 billion cubic metres of gas demand in 2024, while arguing that lower gas use could reduce exposure to LNG supply disruptions as the EU phases out Russian gas. Achieving the projection depends on rapid deployment, electricity-grid investment and overcoming permitting, cost and congestion constraints.