Climate-friendly natural gas is a key ingredient in our energy mix. Natural gas has a comparatively low carbon content. Compared with other fossil fuels, the combustion of natural gas results in the lowest greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. GHG emissions resulting from the transport of natural gas are also much lower than previously thought. A study by the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy has shown that natural gas imported to the European Union from as far away as Russia still has, on balance, a favorable carbon footprint.

Despite the CO₂ advantages of gas-fired generation, we do not expect to significantly increase the share of natural gas in our energy mix between now and 2015. This is because it is more suited to covering peak and mid load than baseload. Instead we aim to promote the use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel more heavily. E.ON Ruhrgas is committed to expanding the network of gas stations which stock natural gas. Incentive schemes will also be launched to encourage the use of natural gas as a fuel and for natural gas to be considered more in automotive production.