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31 Oct 2016

ā€œNatural gas can be greenā€

BDEW, Future Natural Gas, Federation of German Heating Industry, others

The German natural gas sector is demanding changes to the government’s forthcoming Climate Action Plan 2050, saying the current draft fails to recognise the potential of natural gas on the way to decarbonise Germany’s economy. A ā€˜natural gas exit’ would make the heating transition more complicated and unnecessarily increase the price of COā‚‚-reductions, according to a joint appeal entitled ā€œNatural gas can be greenā€. The German Association of Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę and Water Industries (BDEW), the Initiative and others are behind the appeal. It says: ā€œBecause of its flexibility, the energy source natural gas is the only fossil energy with the potential to be both a partner of renewables and become renewable itself.ā€ Biogas and power-to-gas could make the gas infrastructure ā€œthe battery of the Energiewende,ā€ it adds. Future Natural Gas recently started a PR campaign criticising the high-emissions coal industry, petrol and diesel cars, and positioning natural gas as the cleaner alternative.

Find the gas sector’s appeal in German .

Read the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę article Deep divisions persist over German climate plan, coal exit and the Āé¶¹ĪŽĀė°ę factsheet Germany’s trimmed-down Climate Action Plan for background.

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