Research seminar “The Role of Gases in the Energy Transition – should we consider Europe to be a special case?”

The EU has announced that it will achieve major greenhouse gas reductions by 2030 and carbon neutrality (Net Zero emissions) by 2050 and this will require major reductions of natural gas usage and increasing volumes of decarbonised gases, especially hydrogen either from renewable energy or fossil fuels. 

Europe is the biggest regional market for traded gas: it is the leading importer of pipeline gas and the second biggest LNG importer (after Asia). Decarbonisation of natural gas will impact countries which export gas, particularly the Russian Federation which is the largest supplier to Europe. 

It is important to look beyond Europe to see how gas demand may evolve in other major energy markets where governments have declared carbon neutrality targets, with others having made COP21 commitments, and how this will impact on the future development of pipeline gas and LNG trade. 

Critical to the future of gases will be regional and national issues of: coal to gas switching; greenhouse gas and especially methane emissions from natural gas and LNG including carbon offsets, affordability of traded gas, renewable/decarbonised gas availability and cost; carbon capture, usage and storage; national carbon pricing and taxation as well as carbon border adjustment mechanisms. 

The distinguished speaker is:

Professor Jonathan Stern (Distinguished Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies) 

Moderator:

Leonid Grigoryev (School of World Economy Academic Supervisor, HSE) 

Date: April 7

Time: 2 PM UTC (5 PM Moscow time)

Place: Zoom-conference

Language: English
 

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