Why would you create new technology with natural gas these days. It seems such an energy source of the past. Europe is jus suffering from the dependency on it and seeks to get away from it as soon as possible.
The great thing about electricity is that it scales REALLY well with new generation and distribution technologies.
Or, spend the same amount on air sealing reducing heating needs by about 30%, pay workers instead of factories, and get the same reduction in natural gas use, also without the refrigerant bomb waiting to go off, and not needing more power plants built. Mandate every rental have lower than 6 ACH50, since misaligned incentives mean they're usually worse than homeowner-occupied units.
Wind and solar also lock in natural gas usage, because they don't provide inter-seasonal storage or even intra-day storage.
55 billion cubic meters annually were set to be added to this dependency as recently as February 21st of this year before yet another land war erupted on the continent, forcing them to suspend certification.
The pipeline is already built though.