Climate change

REN’s activities seek to meet the energy policy objectives of the country and the European Union and, simultaneously, help the country and the planet combat climate change. REN guarantees the security and quality of the energy supply, increasingly sustained on renewable energy sources, while reducing its carbon footprint. 

Over the years, REN has carried out extensive work analysing the vulnerability to extreme climatic phenomena of electricity transmission and gas transmission and distribution infrastructures, reducing risks as regards security and quality of supply. 

The worsening of the climate situation on the planet has put decarbonisation at the centre of public policies, in order to meet the targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.  

In the electricity sector the strong increase in renewable generation leads to the adaptation and development of transport infrastructures. in the gas sector this effort applies to the construction and adaptation of reception, storage, transmission, and distribution infrastructures for the incorporation of gases of renewable origin. 

A reinforcement in investment plans, fundamental to building and adapting electricity and gas networks to decarbonisation needs. 

As a result of human action, the concentration of these gases in the atmosphere is increasing, leading to an increase in the average global temperature.  

The main gases recognised by the Kyoto protocol as greenhouse gases are: Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) and the Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), and Perfluorocarbon (PFC) gas families. 

 
The first step for an organisation to contribute to combating climate change is to know its GHG inventory. Based on the inventory, the organisation can define strategies and targets for reduction and/or compensation.