In order to fulfill the increasing demand for emission-free energy, Germany will also have to rely on imports of hydrogen and synthetic natural gas (SNG).
These imports contribute to Germany’s energy security, but the local production of SNG also offers advantages such as:
• 100% utilization of own locally generated green electricity
• avoidance of transportation and adaptation costs
• reduction of dependencies on volatile international energy markets
• reduced emissions through the use of existing infrastructure and short transportation routes
Synthetic natural gas from green energy can be produced locally in Germany, store large capacities of energy and make it available for use. In this way, forced feed-ins of green electricity or shutdowns of wind and PV systems can be avoided. This increases the yield when generating green electricity and reduces the load on the electricity grids.
As SNG is purer than fossil natural gas due to its production method, it can even be combusted emission-free and thus serve as a source of CO₂. SNG thereby combines the advantages of carbon capture and storage as well as utilization.
Japan is pursuing a strategy of switching its existing natural gas network almost entirely to synthetic natural gas by 2050. The use of synthetic natural gas would therefore also allow Germany to compensate for delays in the ramp-up curve of pure hydrogen supply without losing speed in decarbonization.
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