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

The green gas nirvana touted by industry is hydrogen made using renewable energy and biomethane produced from organic waste - and it's decades away

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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".