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A week before the federal budget unveiled plans to keep manufacturing on Australian soil, another policy announcement was already helping to support that vision. It was the federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, a clear acknowledgment of the vital role gas will play in the transition to net zero and beyond, based on facts and data, not ideology or wishful thinking. This was an important pre-budget marker, providing much-needed clarity about the government’s commitment to a broad energy mix in the coming decades. A timely reminder that gas will be needed for the long haul, to both power Australian industry and provide invaluable support to the intermittency of renewable electricity, as coal generation departs the system.But as the Future of Gas Strategy points out – that’s not the whole story. Because the future of gas is also renewable – and it is already here. With biomethane and hydrogen projects moving from pipedream to pipelines across Australia, renewable gas is beginning to provide a low-emission alternative to natural gas that can help Australian industry to decarbonise.And while it is small beginnings in Australia compared to the scale built quickly across parts of Europe, the UK and the US, this innovation in gas is already emerging as a game changer for local businesses and manufacturers who are reliant on gas for their processes and operations that cannot be easily or affordably electrified.Renewable gas offers an efficient pathway to decarbonisation