Every year, we see the impact of global warming becoming greater. Every year we seem to have record high temperatures, droughts, wildfires, increasingly more powerful hurricanes and floods. This puts stress on our energy infrastructure to withstand all these events. In the face of these challenges, people are looking for energy solutions that can be viable in the market while also being good for the environment. Many countries are working to reduce their carbon footprint in the hopes of reducing emissions to try to turn the tide of climate change.
Natural gas has always been a big part of the energy system. After the fracking boom in America, the US became the world’s leading producer of natural gas. And since 2015, natural gas has been the US’s number one source of electrical energy. Given that natural gas is such a staple of the industry, one must ask what can be done to mitigate the impact that natural gas has on the environment.