Why natural gas is not a bridge technology
Publication of July 4, 2022
A study shows: The expansion of the natural gas infrastructure jeopardises energy transition.
The expansion of natural gas infrastructure jeopardises energy transition, as natural gas is not a bridge technology towards a 100% renewable energy system as defined by the Paris Climate Agreement. This is the result of a study conducted by an interdisciplinary German research team and published in the journal Nature Energy on 4 July 2022. The researchers have examined the natural gas issue from five perspectives and given gas a fairly poor climate balance, comparable to that of coal or oil. They recommend that politicians and scientists revise the current assumptions about natural gas.
The study was headed by Professor Claudia Kemfert from the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and Leuphana University of Lüneburg in collaboration with Franziska Hoffart from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fabian Präger from Technische Universität Berlin and Isabell Braunger and Hanna Brauers from the University of Flensburg.
Original publication The expansion of natural gas infrastructure puts energy transitions at risk, in Nature Energy, 2022, DOI:1038/s41560-022-01060-3
