Ferngas Netzgesellschaft

Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH is a German gas network operator. Its high-pressure gas network extends over more than 3,100 kilometres in northern and north-eastern Bavaria as well as in Thuringia, transporting natural gas and biogas, with plans for further green gases and especially hydrogen. The company describes itself as a certified 'Independent Transmission System Operator' organised as a so-called combined network operator, and states it is the only combined network operator in Germany operating both a transmission and a distribution network. Its distribution network is 2,907 km long and lies in Bavaria and Thuringia as well as in Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt; its transmission network is 214 km long and lies in Thuringia. The company group consists of Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH and its subsidiaries; Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH is a subsidiary of Deutsche Gastransport Zwischenholding GmbH and belongs indirectly to the Versicherungskammer Group. It supplies more than 150 downstream network operators, municipal utilities and large industrial and commercial customers, with 542 network interconnection and connection points and 83.6 TWh of annual withdrawal transported through its lines (all data as of 31.12.2025). It also provides technical services and advises customers on natural gas and hydrogen topics, and initiated the TH₂ECO pilot project to advance a hydrogen infrastructure.

Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH operates a high-pressure gas network extending over more than 3,100 kilometres in northern and north-eastern Bavaria as well as in Thuringia, through which it transports natural gas and biogas. The company states that in future further green gases and especially hydrogen are to flow through these networks, a transformation it says it is actively driving forward, for example with the TH₂ECO pilot project it initiated to advance the build-up of a forward-looking hydrogen infrastructure. It describes itself as a certified 'Independent Transmission System Operator' organised as a so-called combined network operator, and states it is the only combined network operator in Germany operating both a transmission and a distribution network. Its distribution network is 2,907 km long and lies in Bavaria and Thuringia as well as in Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt; its transmission network is 214 km long and lies in Thuringia. The company group consists of Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH and its subsidiaries; Ferngas Netzgesellschaft mbH is a subsidiary of Deutsche Gastransport Zwischenholding GmbH and belongs indirectly to the Versicherungskammer Group. It supplies more than 150 downstream network operators, municipal utilities and large industrial and commercial customers, with 542 network interconnection and connection points and 83.6 TWh of annual withdrawal transported through its lines (all data as of 31.12.2025). It also provides technical services and advises customers on all questions relating to natural gas and hydrogen.

Certified Independent Transmission System Operator and Germany's only combined network operator running both a transmission and a distribution network; an innovative and reliable service provider in energy supply.

• Gas high-pressure network

  High-pressure gas network extending over more than 3,100 km in northern and north-eastern Bavaria and in Thuringia, transporting natural gas and biogas.

• Distribution network

  Gas distribution network 2,907 km long, located in Bavaria and Thuringia as well as in Hesse, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

• Transmission network

  Gas transmission network 214 km long, located in Thuringia.

• Technical services and consulting

  Technical services and advice to customers on all questions relating to natural gas and hydrogen.

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