Abstract
Following Part I of this study, this chapter highlights each region in the world as having its own solution and approach to considering natural gas as a fuel of choice for smooth transition towards a sustainable energy world. Although energy sustainability is recognised as a global challenge, many of the issues inherent in this domain are site-specific. Therefore, it is necessary to identify suitable local solutions whilst taking into account resources, infrastructure, economic aspects, as well as the local/national energy policies. This means that there is not one solution that fits all cases; therefore, tailor-made solutions devised in mind of different circumstances need to be considered. The case study presented in this chapter compares different countries, i.e. industrial vs developing and those with national resources vs import dependent countries, with the aim of illuminating the fact that final choices and approaches that are seen to have a major impact on global warming due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuels might look very different. In this part of the study, focus is centred on the utilisation of natural gas as the ideal partner complementary to renewables in a future sustainable energy mix, in support of different regions’ policies. In this way, security of supply as a foundation for industrial development and the continued functioning of a modern society have to be maintained independent of the energy mix applied in each country. Different scenarios are presented and analysed in the case study, with attention paid towards discussing and illuminating the possible ways in which natural gas may be seen as a transition fuel from a global perspective so as to pave the way for the realisation of carbon-neutral or carbon-free energy solutions for the future. Since the examples presented cover four different categories of country (India, Iran, Norway and UK), combined characteristics may be recognised as representative for a large number of countries, thus making the generality of the conclusions rather strong.
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CO2 emission factors for coal, oil and natural gas are 96,100, 73,300, 56,100 kg/TJ [5].
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Safari, A., Das, N., Jafari, S., Langhelle, O., Roy, J., Assadi, M. (2018). Role of Gas-Fuelled Solutions in Support of Future Sustainable Energy World: Part II: Case Studies. In: De, S., Bandyopadhyay, S., Assadi, M., Mukherjee, D. (eds) Sustainable Energy Technology and Policies. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8393-8_2
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