The German player’s executive director for exploration & production, Martin Bachmann, told the ONS conference in Stavanger the country needs to wake up to the need for natural gas in its energy mix to offset fluctuations in the supply of renewable fuels such as solar power and wind.
As it is, Germany has increased its use of relatively cheaper coal rather than natural gas as it winds down the use of nuclear energy as part of its so-called Energiewiende, which has had the effect of increasing its emissions despite about €23 billion($30.3
