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17-08-2022, 10:44 AM
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/10/ger...l-targets/
Germany’s Frantic Push to Reduce Gas Consumption
As Russia weaponizes its gas exports, Germany is left scrambling to meet its needs—and reduction targets.
Germany has even decided to reactivate its closed coal plants rather than shut down the remaining plants by the end of the decade, as previously planned.
Returning to coal is “inevitable” and will remain “instrumental” to securing energy security, said Leslie Palti-Guzman, co-founder and CEO of market artificial intelligence company Gas Vista.
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Meanwhile, ordinary citizens are feeling the effects of the high prices and increasingly worry about how they will get by in the coming months. Although some Germans are saving up ahead of the higher gas prices, others are buying wood-burning stoves and stockpiling wood.
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Germany’s Frantic Push to Reduce Gas Consumption
As Russia weaponizes its gas exports, Germany is left scrambling to meet its needs—and reduction targets.
Germany has even decided to reactivate its closed coal plants rather than shut down the remaining plants by the end of the decade, as previously planned.
Returning to coal is “inevitable” and will remain “instrumental” to securing energy security, said Leslie Palti-Guzman, co-founder and CEO of market artificial intelligence company Gas Vista.
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Meanwhile, ordinary citizens are feeling the effects of the high prices and increasingly worry about how they will get by in the coming months. Although some Germans are saving up ahead of the higher gas prices, others are buying wood-burning stoves and stockpiling wood.
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