Germany To 'Probably' Handle Winter In Case Russia Halts Gas Supplies - Chancellor
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published September 02, 2022 | 12:00 AM
BERLIN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 02nd September, 2022) Germany has taken a big package of measures, and even if Russia no longer supplies gas to Germany, the country "probably" can still manage this winter, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.
Nord Stream 1, the main pipeline supplying Europe with Russian natural gas, was operating at 40% of its capacity since mid-June and at 20% from the end of July. Russian energy giant Gazprom attributed lower volumes to the problems with maintenance and repair of the Siemens turbines.
The priority right now is to ensure the supply of energy sources, such as coal, oil and gas, from Russia, Norway, the Netherlands and through the Western European direction, according to Scholz.
"However, if Russia halts deliveries, which it keeps reducing, then we can increase deliveries from Norway, the Netherlands, from the Western European direction," the minister said at a meeting with fellow citizens in the western city of Essen.
Scholz noted that the country is currently building liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals on the North German coast, on the North and Baltic Seas, as well as pipelines to additionally import products. The first terminals will be launched next January. A decision was also made to fill the country's gas storage facilities. In addition, the government decided to resume the operation of coal-fired power plants.
"And in this regard, we can now say that even if it is very difficult, we can probably manage this winter," the minister emphasized.
During a series of dialogues with citizens, in the format of a city assembly, the official plans to visit all 16 Federal states of Germany. The first of these meetings took place in the summer in Lubeck and then in Magdeburg.
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