{"id":1262,"date":"2022-08-28T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2022-08-28T18:30:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:30:51","slug":"facilities-filling-up-faster-than-planned-econ-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/1262\/","title":{"rendered":"facilities filling up faster than planned – Econ Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Germany’s gas storage facilities are filling up faster than planned, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said, giving hope that Europe’s biggest economy could avoid acute gas shortages this winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The reservoirs are filling up faster than specified,” Habeck was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel Magazine, adding that the government goal of achieving 85% storage capacity by October could be reached by the beginning of September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany is at phase two of a three-stage emergency plan formulated after a reduction in gas flows from Russia, its main supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only 9.5% of Germany’s gas consumption in August came from Russia, Spiegel reported, citing data by the BDEW power industry association. Last year, Russian gas accounted for around 55% of the country’s total consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government had targeted gas storage levels of 75% by Sept. 1 but the storage levels are already at 82.2%, industry data from European operators group GIE showed on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Companies will then be able to withdraw gas from the storage facilities as planned over the winter to also supply industry and households,” Habeck said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is also expected to flow to Germany through France after the two countries resolved organizational and technical issues to ease supplies, Spiegel reported, citing a document from the Economy Ministry.<\/p>\n

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