Environment

Bayerngas is aware of its responsibility in respect of the environment. We attach great importance to the issue of environmental protection.

For this reason:
• We avail of and exploit all technical options in order to avoid damage to the environment.
• We are fully committed to our product, natural gas – the most environmentally-friendly fossil fuel.
• We also regard natural gas as the ideal bridge along the route to developing biomass and hydrogen as alternative energy sources.
• We are focussed on sustainable economic development. Our partnership role in the ARGEMUC hydrogen project at Munich Airport, for example, has enabled Bayerngas to accumulate experience in this area.
• We work with research institutes, such as The Research Institute for Energy Economy (Forschungsstelle für Energiewirtschaft) at the Technische Universität Munich.

Natural Gas

Natural gas is not only the most environmentally-friendly fossil fuel, but will also remain available for many years to come.

By substituting natural gas for other fossil fuels such as heating oil or coal, it will be possible to reduce both CO2 and particulate matter emissions.

Natural gas

• has the lowest CO2 emissions of all fossil fuels and
• generates virtually no emissions of particulate matter during combustion.

The same applies to the transport sector: substituting natural gas for diesel and petrol would reduce emissions of CO2 and particulate matter.

dust emission, transport sector // source: GEMIS 4.2

In the opinion of Bayerngas, significant reductions in CO2 emissions cannot be achieved without natural gas – especially when the CO2 avoidance costs are taken into account.

The company proposes the following targets:
• Increasing energy efficiency.
• Exploiting the potential for energy savings.
• Combining natural gas with renewable energy sources and replacing other fossil fuels with natural gas.

CO2 emissions of fossil fuels kg CO2/kWh // source: UBA/DEHST