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Ursula:"Send your electricity bills to Moscow,"
Not only have we, essentially, sanctioned ourselves
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: vNex92
Last winters withdrawal from storage was 56979 Mm3 (second gray area). The actual storage level (week 40) is 104096 incl. the expropriated Gazprom storages, and still injecting for another few weeks, so we have roughly twice the amount the gas withdrawn last winter on storage
Good visual
But let's make sure the bloody war not only helps reduce our use of fossil fuels but also leads to a swift win for democracy and freedom.
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: vNex92
Last winters withdrawal from storage was 56979 Mm3 (second gray area). The actual storage level (week 40) is 104096 incl. the expropriated Gazprom storages, and still injecting for another few weeks, so we have roughly twice the amount the gas withdrawn last winter on storage
Good visual
The European Union’s reliance on Russian gas and the risk that Moscow could cut supplies has pushed the bloc to target an 80% filling level of its storage sites by Nov.1, in time to meet high demand during winter. The chart below shows the percentage of gas filled in EU storage sites.
European countries have reached a Nov. 1 target to fill natural gas storage sites by 80% ahead of time, but filling continues ahead of winter to avoid industry shutdowns and power rationing as deliveries from major supplier Russia have dwindled in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
Russian pipeline flows of gas to Europe are now only a fraction of what they used to be in recent years. In a fresh turn of events, the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany and had already been stopped indefinitely over technical issues, was damaged at the end of September in what European and U.S. officials have described as sabotage.
Still, gas storage sites continue to fill as countries switch from gas to coal or oil in power plants and industry and increase imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) but also amid a drop in demand from manufacturers of fertilizers, steel, paper and other consumer products due to inflationary pressure.
While summer months are traditionally a time when storage is filled as demand for energy is usually lower, Oct. 1 marked the start of the gas winter season, which typically heralds higher consumption from heating and should see storage empty again in the coming months.
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: putnam6
Here is one also , Open-source intelligence (OSINT) about Germanys gas situation .
So far Germany is doing better than even my most optimistic model from last week. Next week I intend to update the model with the updated data
And opinion from Yale professor :
Vladimir Putin's 'gas blackmail' is failing as an LNG revolution allows Europe to end its dependence on Russia, says Yale professor