We are working hard to help 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 Go4 Net0 project, which includes the Methane Emission Reduction (MethER) programme, was put in place to achieve our targets: in 2025 we aim to halve our greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2017, and we aim to be carbon-neutral in our activities by 2050. We are working to reduce our emissions across Scopes 1, 2 and 3.

Scope 1

Reduce CO₂ emissions

In 2024, the following initiatives intended to reduce our own emissions were rolled out:

• The three additional open-rack vaporisers, commissioned in late 2023, experienced their first full year of operation at Zeebrugge LNG Terminal. Using the heat from seawater to regasify LNG significantly reduces natural gas consumption, and thereby allowed us to avoid 157,000 tonnes of CO₂eq emissions at the terminal.
• In 2024, we began preparations for the electrification of our compression facilities at our storage site in Loenhout, including the construction of buildings and procurement of equipment. The replacement of the gas engines is scheduled to start in 2025.
• Research into and follow-up of technology to further reduce emissions currently considered as locked-in. More info in the ESG dashboard.

Reduce methane emissions

(focus of the MethER programme)

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

Reduce emissions from control equipment

We are replacing control equipment that generates emissions with equipment with zero emissions. In 2024, we continued our progress in replacing equipment in our pressure-reducing stations to cut emissions from pneumatic equipment.

Limit emissions during works on the network

For planned maintenance, we remove natural gas from the relevant pipeline sections in a controlled manner. We have various ways of preventing natural gas from being released into the air.

• An additional Clean Enclosed Burner (CEB) has been delivered, which will be utilised to combust the methane (CH₄) that cannot be recovered during interventions. This ensures that the gas is burned in a controlled manner, thereby significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, by emitting CO₂ (which has a lower global warming potential) instead of methane.
• Four mobile recompression units have been ordered and are expected to be delivered in 2026, enhancing our flexibility during interventions. These units enable gas to be extracted from one section of a pipeline and injected into another part of our network.
• Similarly, for minor interventions, several small mobile flares have been purchased and are used to reduce methane emissions.

Reduce fugitive methane emissions

We conducted our periodic Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) campaigns. During these campaigns, we detect micro leaks, which are subsequently repaired.

Reduce operational emissions

We continuously work on various initiatives to minimise or eliminate methane emissions from the use of our compressors.

In 2025 we aim to halve our greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2017, and we aim to be carbon-neutral in our activities.

Scope 2

In 2024, Fluxys Belgium contracted green electricity to cover the electricity consumed by its core activities. These contracts allow us to limit our Scope 2 market-based emissions.

In addition, we also aim to generate our own renewable electricity thanks to solar panels that we installed at some of our installations, as well as the project currently being prepared concerning the installation of a solar panel field at our storage site in Loenhout.

Scope 3

We are engaging with our suppliers to obtain more accurate data on our Scope 3 emissions and encourage them to reduce their own emissions.