Germany can't carry it anymore, "Now natural gas is scarce goods"

According to Reuters, on the 23rd of local time, Germany launched a second -level alert to the emergency plan of natural gas to deal with "soaring and supply shortage brought about by the decline in Russia." It is reported that the measure is the latest upgrade between Europe and Russia since the outbreak of Russia and Ukraine.

German Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic and Climate Protection Habeck said in a statement that Germany is currently in the natural gas crisis: "From now on, natural gas is a scarce commodity in Germany ... We must now reduce natural gas consumption."

Habeck said that the government will provide a loan of 15 billion euros to reserve natural gas and prepare for winter. At the same time, Germany will also start additional coal -fired power generation to replace the current natural gas power generation, thereby strengthening the reserves of natural gas. Related laws are expected to pass on July 8.

Habeck information map source: Visual China

Habeck attributed the shortage of natural gas to Russia, saying that "reducing the supply of natural gas is Putin's economic attack on us." Reuters said that last week, Gazprom, Russia (Gazprom), will cut through the "Nord Stream 1" of the Baltic Sea (Nord Stream 1 "(Nord Stream 1) to reduce gas supply to 40%. Since then, Germany has entered the" alert stage ".

Russia denied its deliberate reduction of supply, and Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. pointed out that Western sanctions have caused service equipment to be delayed. The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia "strictly fulfils its obligations to Europe."

According to CCTV news reports, Germany announced the natural gas emergency plan at the end of March. Habeck divided it into three stages:

The first stage is the "early warning stage". The government and energy suppliers form a crisis group, but the state will not forcibly intervene. Natural gas suppliers, traders and operators can still take market means to ensure supply, but operators should guarantee 10 10 Before the month, the natural gas reserve reached 80%, and 90%before November;

The second stage is the "alert stage", and the relevant legislation will be modified. Natural gas should be used to reserve instead of power generation;

The third stage is the "emergency stage", the state will directly intervene, the Federal Network Bureau of the Energy Regulatory Institution will divide the priority, and the low -priority industries and facilities will be "broken" to ensure the supply of key industrial fields and ordinary families. gas. Germany announced its early warning stage at the end of March.

Reuters said that the "alert stage" means that the government believes that the risk of long -term supply is very high, including a "price increase clause", allowing operators to immediately pass the price pressure on enterprises and consumers.

Habeck said that if the supply tightening and the rise in prices continue, this clause may be triggered, causing operators to fall into deeper deficits. "If this negative effect becomes so large that the operator cannot afford it, they will fall, and the entire market may fall at some point."

Claus Mueller, chairman of the Federal Network Bureau, believes that the consumer prices of German natural gas may be over. The local operator association's VKU requires the government to protect consumers through subsidies, otherwise operators will face the risk of bankruptcy because of low -income retail customers who arrears.

Reuters said that Germany and Russia established a solid energy relationship during the Cold War. If Russia completely stops supply, Germany may fall into recession. A survey on Thursday showed that the German economy lost motivation in the second quarter. Supply reduction may force German companies to consider pain to reduce production, and seek help from pollution energy that have not been considered before.

On the 22nd, local time, the scene of the Walsum coal -fired power plant in Duisburg, Germany. Facing the problem of insufficient natural gas supply, Germany plans to use coal instead of natural gas power generation. Source: Visual China

According to data released on Thursday, the import of natural gas in the first four months of Germany this year decreased by 22%, and the cost of the same period soared by 170%. In addition, the Dutch natural gas wholesale price as the European benchmark rose 8%on Thursday.

The European Union stated that it would temporarily restore the use of coal to fill the gap. The person in charge of the climate policy Franks Tememomis said that 10 of the 27 members of the EU had issued a "warning" of natural gas supply.

Reuters said that some European countries have proposed measures to reduce supply, avoid winter energy shortage and soaring inflation, "this may test Europe's determination to maintain sanctions on Russia."

At the EU Leadership Summit awarded the EU leadership of the EU candidate on Thursday, the senior assistant of Hungary Prime Minister Victor Olban delivered a speech at the meeting, calling on the EU to stop the increase of sanctions against Russia. Instead, ceasefire and start negotiations should be promoted.

Paraz Olban Data Map Source: "Hungary Today" website

He said that the more sanctions adopted by the EU, the greater the damage to the EU, and Russia is spared. "Due to economic problems, Europe will eventually be on this war. Our suggestion is to stop the sanctions." Barlaz Olban said in an interview with Reuters. Reuters said that Ballaz Olban has no blood relationship with Prime Minister Victor Olban.

"If you continue like this, according to reasonable ideas, this will be unfavorable to Europe. So we must think about something -negotiation, ceasefire, peace, diplomacy, this is our solution." Essence

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