On 14 November, Eurogas launched the study ‘Ensuring Resilience in the European Energy Transition’ in Brussels. The study explores the shifts in gas consumption towards 2050 under various ‘what-if’ scenarios. #Biomethane is key to replacing natural gas in methane demand and makes up 30% of the optimal gas mix in the baseline scenario. Coupled with carbon capture, methanisation creates important negative emissions through carbon dioxide removal (#CDR) of almost 130 MtCO2-eq in 2050. As an European biomethane supplier, we are prepared to meet the challenge of the integral role identified for biomethane in the European Energy Transition. It is especially important to us to fully utilize the potential of biomethane, and therefore enable technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage to achieve #negativeemissions. We need all technological options and gases to make the ambitious European #EnergyTransition successful, affordable and resilient. A balanced decarbonisation path including low-carbon and renewable gases can be more cost efficient and resilient than a high electrification approach. #CCS #EU #climatetargets #climategoals
❗ Gaseous fuels are essential for achieving the #energytransition, and become even more crucial when deviations from desired pathways occur along the way. 🔦 Natural, renewable, and low-carbon gases can bring #resilience and #competitiveness to our decarbonisation, while balancing the energy trilemma of affordability, security, and sustainability. These conclusions come from a study that Eurogas commissioned from Frontier Economics, in a launch event held in the Euractiv Network Office yesterday. 📜 Read the full study here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e5q3rpHd ⬅️ Based on these findings, Eurogas recommends that EU leaders: ▪️ Maximise the potential of #biomethane ▪️ Build a value chain for #hydrogen & its derivatives ▪️ Enable Carbon Capture & Storage (#CCS) ▪️ Repurpose existing gas #infrastructure for renewable & low-carbon gases ▪️ Leverage domestic natural gas & biomethane resources #RenewableGases #EurogasEvents #EurogasStudy #EnsuringResilience #CarbonCapture #EnergyTrilemma #Affordability #Security #Sustainability