Brussels: all of Europe for gas consumption | financial
Member States may require the settlement of buildings and cooling in government buildings. With a series of these interventions, words in the plan Save gas for a safe winter, Brussels wants that from August to April next year all European less will consume 15% less gas. This also includes states that are not heavily dependent on Russian gas, but can depend on them because of their connection to the European network.
The government, which has consulted with companies in the past few weeks, also wants to rig up purchases of gas on behalf of European countries in order to cut costs.
It is responding to the next phase of the energy crisis. This was caused by production problems, the war in Ukraine since February and Russian cut-off of gas supplies from Russian stocks. Brussels accuses President Putin of using his gas as a political weapon. almost half of all received less gas.
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The European Commission said on Tuesday it no longer expected Russia to resume its supply of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, now under major repair, from Thursday.
Government buildings have to turn the thermostat down in the winter, less air conditioning in the summer.
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Gazprom has been supplying 60% less gas to the West for weeks. President Putin, however, claimed during a summit in Tehran on Tuesday that state gas company Gazprom will “fully honor” gas supply agreements. The president did say that a Siemens gasturb, after maintenance in Canada on its way to Russia, returns in time to the Russian Nord Stream 1 network, despite European against Gazprom. Otherwise, capacity via Nord Stream 1 would decrease from the end of July.
State-owned company Gazprom invoked ‘force majeure’ on Monday and claim at least large German customers such as energy companies Uniper and RWE to be able to supply much less gas.
The gas price has exploded to €180 per megawatt hour in recent weeks. It stands at €160 after a 3.4% increase on Wednesday, compared to just €15 two years ago. Consumers and businesses expect high energy bills at these prices.
Power plants in Europe await tough winter with less gas from Russia.
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“By taking action now, both the risk and the cost to Europe in the event of further complete disruption can be reduced,” the European Commission said. Without intervention, a third of the negative impact on GDP in the European Union would be at risk. The Commission wants to introduce new regulations quickly, with a broad European plan to reduce gas demand by 15% until next spring. “All consumers, households, public building owners, energy suppliers and industry are taking measures to save gas,” she announces.
Brussels proposes a major emergency intervention, a ‘universal warning’, whereby ‘any significant gas can be exported’ if a substantial gas demand arises in the European market.
This alarm button should be used in consultation with the Commission in advance. With the Green Deal, she insisted on reducing CO2 emissions, but now temporarily allows the use of, for example, more polluting fuels such as coal and diesel.
To see how they can achieve the 15% reduction. Member States that ask other countries for gas in solidarity should try measures they have taken to reduce their demands. Europe also wants to rapidly replace gas with other fuels, and countries are keen to save on energy consumption in all sectors. Everything they do not use this summer will remain in storage for next winter. This should prevent households and disasters from being affected by gas shortages. The Commission sees a lot in campaigns to make citizens aware of how to use energy more efficiently.
On Monday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris warned of a ‘hard winter’. It fears that Europe is too slow to intervene in Russian gas to avoid dependence. In the Netherlands, Gasunie established that, with savings, import of additional liquefied gas (l) we can red it up to and including filling winter thanks to steady savings.