Energy & emissions
Green is not just the colour of hope – we’ve made it our future.
We are not simply hoping for a green future – we’re crafting one. Protecting the climate and the environment is an integral part of our actions, which is why we are reducing emissions, developing technical solutions and ensuring that we handle resources and nature responsibly when planning, building and operating our infrastructure.
Cleaner compression
“Our compressors reduce methane emissions to a minimum.”
Hannah Hilgenstock, Head of Operations for Westphalia
Ambitious targets, extensive measures
Avoid, reduce, offset
The general principle for dealing with greenhouse gas emissions is first to avoid and reduce, and then to offset. To this end, OGE is planning measures to avoid and reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions, which will be gradually implemented by 2045:
- Optimisation of network control
- Reduction of methane emissions
- Green electricity and biomethane
- Optimisation of compressor units
Scope 3 emissions: responsibility along the value chain
OGE is committed to working closely with suppliers to reduce emissions and to credibly fulfil its role as a provider of sustainable infrastructure.
When what you need is a walking excavator
OGE is building the energy infrastructure of the future – and the walking excavator is leading the way. In Rhineland-Palatinate more than 51 kilometres of pipelines had to be replaced, with the plan being to work efficiently and with minimal environmental impact along the existing route. And the challenges? There were plenty of them: steep slopes in the Palatinate Forest, protected lizard habitats and a parallel pipeline under full gas pressure. So how was OGE able to carry out the construction work successfully? With 700 construction experts on site, walking excavators, material ropeways and sensitive handling of flora and fauna.
The mindset behind this kind of approach stems from a strong belief that a company can only act responsibly when in harmony with the whole environment – animals, nature and people. Implementation begins on the first day of the planning phase – and only ends years after commissioning.
An energy transition that ensures secure supply
“We work as a team to strengthen our network capability.”
Christian Rutz, Head of the Palatinate Sector Operations Area
In the sustainability report, in the chapter on ecology, you can read in detail about everything else we do – by innovative gas property measurements, with AI-based pipeline monitoring, with mobile solutions, in repair measures, sustainable paths in construction projects, and giving used hardware a new lease of life. And what goals we have achieved by 2025.
