The European Union (EU) is making efforts to label Mozambique gas as environmentally friendly, i.e. "green gas." The expectation is to continue exploiting the gas even after the year 2050, when the continent should be free of all types of fossil energy sources.

There is already a plan to seek funding for the use of nuclear power plants and natural gas plants as "green energies" that could facilitate the fight against climate change through sustainable energy generation.

Just ahead of the year-long transition to 2022 on December 31, 2021, the 27 member states of the European political and economic bloc received a preliminary outline of the plan. Member states and experts consulted by the Commission now have about two weeks to request changes to the document. The final text should be published in mid-January. An approval of the project could place Mozambique in a wider market for the export of liquefied natural gas.

British Petroleum (BP) already has a 20-year purchase contract.

Mozambique's gas, once again, is an option for the pursuit of European climate objectives. France - which has invested $20 billion in area 1 of the Rovuma Basin in Cabo Delgado through Total - wants to take back its nuclear power plant and already considers domestic gas to be stable and low-carbon. Poland and the Czech Republic, which want to replace their coal-fired power plants with cleaner resources, expect more arguments and approval of the document.

There are countries that think differently. For example, Germany and Luxembourg argue that including gas in green energy is a mistake.

The African Chamber of Industry praises the claim and says it is a way to ensure the inclusion of the African continent, which, for now, needs to industrialize before worrying about the climate.

Source: opais