Mike Foster, a former government minister and CEO of EUA, welcomed the integral place for gas in the report; he said: “These Future Energy Scenarios reports are always great conversation starters around what form Britain’s energy mix will take in the decades to come. I am pleased to see that National Grid, the experts on energy supply, see gas remaining at the heart of Britain’s heat and energy production for decades to come.”

 The report highlighted a much broader range of gas sources in future decades, including a prominent role for green gases such as biomethane and bioSNG. Even in the report’s ‘Two Degrees’ scenario which assumes the largest level of investment in renewable energy and displacement of current technologies, annual gas supply would still be over 40 billion cubic metres, with around 6 billion cubic metres of this coming from green gas sources.

 Mike Foster added: “Our members in EUA are at the forefront of the gas industry, both in the current supply and products which the vast majority of households use on a daily basis and in future innovations such as decarbonised and renewable sources of gas. We are glad that National Grid have acknowledged the key role that gas will play in our future energy mix and we look forward to continuing work in this area in the years to come.”