Germany to limit use of gas for electricity production

BERLIN — Germany’s financial system minister mentioned Sunday that the nation will restrict using fuel for electrical energy manufacturing amid considerations about potential shortages attributable to a discount in provides from Russia.

Germany has been making an attempt to fill its fuel storage amenities to capability forward of the winter months, when fuel is extra urgently wanted as a heating gasoline.

Economic system Minister Robert Habeck mentioned that Germany will attempt to compensate for the transfer by rising the burning of coal, a extra polluting fossil gasoline.

“That’s bitter, however it’s merely mandatory on this state of affairs to decrease fuel utilization,” he mentioned.

Whereas the state of affairs on the fuel markets has develop into extra acute in current days, storage amenities are nonetheless in a position to make up the shortfall from Russia with purchases from elsewhere.

Nonetheless, Habeck mentioned the state of affairs was critical.

Russian fuel firm Gazprom introduced final week that it was decreasing provides by the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for technical causes.

Habeck mentioned he believed the transfer was politically motivated.