Reducing our climate impact

We are working hard to accelerate the transition to a climate-neutral society with our infrastructure. We are working just as hard on the climate impact of our own activities. Our Go for Net 0 project sets the tone: in 2025 we will halve our greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2017. And in 2050 we will be carbon-neutral in our activities.

Methane emissions down

Our teams are working on four tracks to further systematically tackle methane emissions:

1. Reduce emissions from control equipment
   We replace control equipment generating emissions by equipment with no emissions.
2. Limit emissions during works on the network
   Natural gas often has to be removed from a pipeline section during maintenance or repair work. We have various ways of preventing natural gas from being released into the air. An exception to this may be made for urgent maintenance or repair work.
3. Reduce fugitive methane emissions
   With periodic LDAR (Leak Detection And Repair) campaigns we detect parts in the facilities that are not perfectly gastight.
4. Reduce operational emissions
   Various initiatives to minimise or eliminate methane emissions from compressors.

Approach to CO₂ emissions

Actions taken for compressor facilities

When balancing the network or controlling gas flows, Fluxys Belgium endeavours to use its compressor facilities as little as possible. At our Loenhout underground storage facility, we will also replace natural gas-powered compression facilities with electricity-powered equipment.

Green gas

Fluxys Belgium buys green gas certificates from biomethane producer IOK Beerse to heat its head office and Anderlecht site.

Zeebrugge LNG terminal: regasification using the heat from seawater

The Zeebrugge LNG terminal has been using an open rack vaporiser since 2013. Using heat from seawater to regasify liquefied natural gas significantly reduces the CO₂ footprint of the LNG terminal in Zeebrugge. In 2023, we used the equivalent of about 650 GWh of heat from seawater. In this way we avoided 116,750 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.

Additional open rack vaporisers

In late 2023, we commissioned three additional open rack vaporisers: a milestone in further reducing the terminal's emissions. To further reduce the terminal's CO₂ emissions we are looking into different options, including the construction of additional open rack vaporisers.