Unsere Energie gehört der Zukunft

Natural gas grid

The Austrian gas grid is a system that has evolved over time, and because of its geographical location has an important function as a hub that transports natural gas imports onwards to destinations in Western Europe. Grid development activities are mainly aimed at underpinning and increasing security of supply for Austrian gas consumers.

gas pipelines and gas fields in Austria; source: E-Control

Fig 1: gas pipelines and gas fields in Austria

The Austrian gas grid consists of transmission and distribution pipelines, as well as the connections to them, and other auxiliary equipment such as control and metering equipment.

Transmission systems are high-pressure gas transportation pipelines, or high-pressure networks which are also used for cross-border transportation or transportation to other transmission or distribution systems.

Distribution systems are pipelines largely or exclusively used for the direct supply of consumers.

The total length of the Austrian transmission grid is approx. 2,900 km, and that of the distribution networks approx. 39,500 km.

gas grid (1,0 MB)