Preface; Contents; About the Editor; 1: Forewords; 1.1 Foreword by the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure; 1.2 Foreword by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA); 2: Climate Neutral Mobility: Natural Gas and Methane as Part of the Solution; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Contribution of Transport to Climate Change or Alternatively, the Non-contribution of Transport to Climate Protection; 2.3 Non-technical Measures for Climate-Friendly Transport; 2.4 Transports Energy Supply: Sustainable, Climate-Friendly Fuels for Transport

2.5 Infrastructure for Transportation Energy Supply2.6 Summary; References; 3: A Historical Overview; 3.1 History of Natural Gas; 3.2 History of the Natural Gas Vehicle; Further Reading; 4: Natural Gas and Renewable Methane; 4.1 The Basics of Natural Gas; 4.1.1 Physical Properties; 4.1.2 Chemical Properties; 4.2 Natural Gas Sources and Extraction; 4.2.1 Types of Fuel Gases; 4.2.2 Natural Gas Sources: Reserves and Resources; 4.2.2.1 Conventional Natural Gas Resources; 4.2.2.2 Unconventional Natural Gas Resources; 4.2.3 Natural Gas Production; 4.2.3.1 Conventional Natural Gas Production

4.2.3.2 Unconventional Natural Gas Production4.2.4 Natural Gas Upgrading; 4.2.4.1 Composition and Specifications; 4.2.4.2 Upgrading Processes; 4.3 Transport and Storage of Natural Gas; 4.3.1 Natural Gas Transport via LNG; 4.3.2 Pipeline Based Natural Gas Transport; 4.3.3 Gas Storage; 4.3.4 Gas Market; 4.4 Sustainable Natural Gas/Methane Production; 4.4.1 Biomethane from Fermentation of Organic Waste and Renewable Raw Materials; 4.4.1.1 Introduction and Summary; Market Developments, Markets and Trends; 4.4.1.2 Organic Waste; What Is Organic Waste?; (Gaining Access To) Waste Streams

4.4.1.3 Renewable Raw MaterialsWhat Are (High-Yield) Renewable Raw Materials?; Sustainability Issues; 4.4.1.4 Overview of Fermentation (Diagram4.46); Upgrading to Biomethane; Trade in Biomethane; 4.4.1.5 Biomethane as a Motor Fuel; Natural Gas Vehicles and Infrastructure; 4.4.1.6 Regulatory Framework; The Situation in Europe; The Outlook for EU Regulatory Initiatives; The Situation in Germany; 4.4.2 Synthetic Methane from Biomass; 4.4.2.1 Introduction; 4.4.2.2 The Principles; 4.4.2.3 Technological Classification; 4.4.2.4 Ecological and Economic Classification; 4.4.2.5 Summary and Outlook

4.4.3 Synthetic Methane from Renewable Electric Energy4.4.3.1 Technical Realization of Power-to-Gas Technology (P2G): Production of Substitute Natural Gas by Catalytic Methanation ...; Motivation; Power-to-Gas Technology for the Production of Substitute Natural Gas; Specific Features for the Methanation of a CO2-Based Synthesis Gas and Related Reactor Design Types; Power-to-Gas Plant Design in the 25kWel, 250kWel and 6000kWel Performance Classes; Results; Methanation Catalysts: Screening and Cycle Fatigue Resistance; Results from the 25kWel P2G Plant; Results from the 250kWel P2G Plant