T&E on EU strategy for LNG and gas storage
In July 2015 the European Commission opened a public consultation on an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas and gas storage. In its response T&E states that natural gas cannot deliver the decarbonisation that the sector needs to achieve the EU climate goals up to 2050. Investing in this technology would divert necessary resources from truly low-carbon alternatives in the transport sector and would create lock-in effects. Public resources for energy transition in transport should go where it offers the greatest public benefits, improved efficiency, and sustainable electrification.T&E believes that before the massive implementation of LNG in Europe, further environmental, climate and innovation considerations must be analysed in detail.The reduction of GHG emissions is not evident and needs to be tackled. Its production, distribution and use as fuel for transport generates CO2 emissions and even more when considering methane slip/leakage, phenomena which occur with great frequency. Methane slip is often considered in the available literature as a risk during the LNG operational phase as a fuel for marine vessels or lorries, but leakage in the early distribution phase is frequently overlooked. However, the GWP (global warming potential) of LNG (=methane) is very high at all stages, which means it is ...
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