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Germany fears a Russian gas cut from the 11th with the excuse of maintaining Nord Stream 1


Correspondent in Berlin

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The president of the German Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, fears a total interruption of the Russian gas supply from July 11. On that date the regular work of maintenance of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipelinewhich usually lasts ten days, but given the geopolitical situation, he suspects that it can be used as an excuse by the Russian giant Gazprom to cut off the flow, because in recent weeks it has used similar pretexts to subtract 60% of deliveries.

Müller hopes that it will become “a lasting political decision” and has called a general review of boilers of gas throughout the country to optimize its operation and maximize savings in consumption.

“Maintenance can reduce gas consumption by 10% to 15%,” he said, “and it has to happen now and not in the fall». In case of being forced to decree gas rationing next winter, «the food and pharmaceutical industries will be a prioritywe will take as criteria the commercial damage, the economic damage, the social consequences and also the technical requirements of the operation of the gas network”, he has advanced.

The Minister for the Economy and Climate, Robert Habeck, who shares this fear, has recommended companies to buy generators emergency power and that generators have a 72-hour bypass time, according to a parliamentary response from Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Patrick Graichen (Greens) to CSU MP Stephan Pilsinger.

Habeck has also announced that he expects to receive Norwegian gas from 2024 to supply the Russian supply. “It is highly recommended to equip with emergency power generators for operators of critical infrastructure.” “Companies are now looking at projects to be able to increase their gas supplies from 2024 and 2025”, confirmed Terje Aasland, Norwegian Minister for Oil and Energy, “the crisis in the energy sector will have long-term effects, so we need focus on investing in new gas production capacity.”

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Companies begin to take measures for the future. Thus, Henkel, in addition to teleworking, wants to use more coal and energy in its plant that is supplied, above all, by gasSome municipalities, such as Hamburg, are considering rationing hot water for private households, in case of a bottleneck in the supply

Companies, for their part, are beginning to take their own measures. The manufacturer of consumer goods Henkel will temporarily reintroduce telecommuting “to significantly reduce the office temperature», according to its president, Carsten Knobel. In addition, the group wants to use more coal and oil at its company-owned power plant in Düsseldorf, which currently runs mainly on gas. “Compared to the current operation, we could save almost a third of the gas,” he reports, pending approval from the Federal Network Agency.

and the municipalities prepare citizen rationing measures, like the one in Hamburg, which is considering rationing hot water for private households in the event of a supply bottleneck. This has been explained by the regional senator for the Environment Jens Kerstan, of the Greens party: “In a situation of acute gas shortage, hot water could only be available at certain times of the day in an emergency and a general reduction could be considered. of the maximum ambient temperature in the district heating network’. For technical reasons, it will not be possible everywhere and Kerstan anticipates that it will be necessary to distinguish between commercial and private clients.

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