We operate one of the central transmission systems for gaseous energy in southern Germany and are pioneers in developing sustainably used energy infrastructures.
We ensure a safe, efficient and environmentally responsible transmission of natural and green gases. In the future, we will also be supplying hydrogen and CO₂ across South Germany.
Our products are transport capacities.
The future supply of energy will not just happen by itself. We have to make it future-proof.
We at bayernets have been committed to this principle since our founding in 2007.
Initially, we began by developing and operating the largest natural gas transmission system in Bavaria. This is because natural gas will continue to be an important source of energy until the energy transition is fully completed. For the energy transition to succeed, climate-neutral gases such as hydrogen and biomethane will be required in the future alongside green electricity, as well as reliable solutions for reusing and storing unavoidable CO2.
Today, we at bayernets are already creating the infrastructure required for the future supply of climate-neutral gases and for effective CO2 management.
This is how we are future-proofing the energy supply, ensuring our future remains worth living in.
Our Mission
We stand for a secure supply of energy in the heart of Europe
A robust and technically sustainable supply of gaseous energy – regardless of its source – requires transmission networks that reliably deliver energy precisely where it is needed and when it is needed.
This is what we stand for.
Our Values
Reliability, Sustainability, Efficiency
For us, sustainability means designing our technical infrastructure for a long service use, enabling the transmission of green gases and hydrogen, taking a long-term economic perspective and, last but not least, minimising the impact on our natural environment.
This mindset also shapes the way we wish to work within our bayernets team and with our business partners.
Our Ecosystem
Grid operators, gas shippers, distribution system operators, power stations, biogas producers, storage facility operators, governments, authorities, project partners, municipalities, residents
Expertise, Gained over Decades: Our (Short) History
Our Origin
Established in 2007. Originally founded, however, as “Bayerische Ferngasgesellschaft mbH” (today Bayerngas) in the year 1962. Our municipal shareholders, Stadtwerke München and Stadtwerke Augsburg, had previously agreed on a joint gas transmission pipeline connecting the two cities.
The aim was for Augsburg, like Munich, to benefit from the natural gas fields in the Alpine foothills, natural gas being the modern energy source set to replace town gas and coal and sustainably reduce fine particulate pollution and CO2 emissions in the cities and surrounding regions.
Our founding in the year 2007 was a consequence of changes in the legal framework, namely the unbundling stipulations.
Developing our Energy System
Liberalising the gas market led to a market design with a virtual trading point within a market area featuring entry and exit points, thus increasing flexibility for shippers. Gas can “freely circulate” within this market area. As a gas transmission system operator (TSO), we are a shareholder in the nationwide German market area, Trading Hub Europe (THE).
We increased security of supply in 2008 by developing the Haiming/Burghausen crossborder interconnection point with its integrated compressor station on the border to Austria; in 2018 by building the MONACO pipeline; in 2019 by constructing the Wertingen compressor station and in 2025 by commissioning the AUGUSTA pipeline.
As a shareholder in the THE and by operating the import/export point to the Austrian gas transmission system with its large storage facilities and development of transit routes, we are assuming responsibility beyond Bavaria for the energy system across the whole of Germany and ultimately for Europe too.
Transformation of the Energy System
In October 2024, the Federal Network Agency approved the German hydrogen core network. We are contributing to this infrastructure ramp-up and will be developing - in line with the market - approximately 400 kilometres of hydrogen network in and for Bavaria by 2032.
This hydrogen system, which we have named HyPipe Bavaria, will consist of about 95 percent repurposed pipelines. The Haiming/Burghausen cross-border interconnection point will therefore potentially become a hydrogen import point. As a partner in the international Initiative SoutH2 Corridor, we are working on the concept of bringing hydrogen from North Africa to Germany via Italy and Austria. At the same time, we will be ensuring the supply of natural gas within our gas system and connecting new gas-fired power stations that are hydrogen-ready during the transformation phase.
Our Key Metrics
An Important Part of Our Ecosystem: Our Affiliates and Memberships
Gas Transmission Dashboard
Information about capacities, load flows, nominations, interruptions, calorific values and Wobbe Index at the relevant entry and exit points of bayernets.