23/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – The organisation representing European gas infrastructure operators, Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), published a new report on Wednesday 21 April highlighting the role of gas and existing gas infrastructure in helping Central and Eastern European countries achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Covering ten EU Member States (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia), the report argues for an inclusive and technology-neutral approach to decarbonisation, to take into account the specificities of all Member States. “Due to their transit character and historical circumstances, countries in South-Eastern and Central-Eastern Europe have their energy mix strongly based on coal. Therefore, the existing gas infrastructure will play an important role when switching from coal to natural gas to hydrogen”, said Boyana Achovski, Secretary General of GIE. See the report: https://bit.ly/3vfyPUV (DG)