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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

What is ‘renewable gas’ and is it really just around the corner?

Theoretically, biomethane can be a straight swap for fossil gas without the need to change cookers and other appliances. But the same can’t be said for hydrogen.
Theoretically, biomethane can be a straight swap for fossil gas without the need to change cookers and other appliances. But the same can’t be said for hydrogen. Photograph: David J Green/Alamy

An orange flame on your stove would be the signal that you were now burning “renewable gas”, the advertorial said, promising this would happen “sooner than you expect”.

Above the article, which ran in the Age last week, was an advert from pipeline and distribution company Australian Gas Networks (AGN) showing a gas flame burning an unfamiliar green with the words “renewable gas”.

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