Industrial customers currently connected to the natural gas grid are very interested in using hydrogen in the future. This is shown by the Gas Grid Area Transformation Plan 2024 presented on Wednesday. To determine future demand, 252 gas network operators, who operate 80 percent of the distribution networks, surveyed 3,540 large industrial customers. Of these, around two-thirds indicated an interest in purchasing hydrogen in the future. Among particularly large customers with a consumption of more than 100 million kilowatt hours per year, the figure was as high as 95 percent.