Commission sees ongoing role for gas
The European Commission expects gas to be in the long-term energy mix, albeit in different ways to today
Gas continues to have a role in the European energy mix, Benedikt Klauser, the Commission's policy officer for energy told the European Autumn Gas Conference (EAGC) in Paris on Wednesday. But its use as a baseload fuel for heat and/or power with no curbs on its carbon emissions may be numbered. Gas can play a part as a “facilitator of renewable energy sources” and as a “flexible source of energy storage”, says Klauser. But “if gas is to remain in the energy mix to 2050 and beyond, it will have to be successfully decarbonised”, he continues. One element in carbon-neutral gas is an expanded biogas sector. But carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) also has a key role to play. “Russia
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