Gas supply throttled: Measures to reduce gas consumption

Created: 06/19/2022, 11:20 am

How can gas be saved?

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Gas in short supply: Russia is reducing its gas supplies to Germany.

So how can gas be saved?

Berlin - Russia has reduced its gas supplies through the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 1 - in Germany there are growing concerns about a shortage.

How to save gas now:

Industry

Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to reduce the use of gas for industry.

In addition, an auction model is to be launched in the summer.

This is intended to encourage industrial gas consumers to save gas - which is then used for storage.

More coal power plants

The use of gas in the electricity market is to be reduced.

Instead of gas, more coal should be used to generate electricity.

The government already had plans that should now be implemented as quickly as possible.

Coal-fired power plants that are currently only available to a limited extent, will soon be shut down or are in reserve are to be used.

Store more gas

This is so important because Russia could turn off the gas tap completely and then at the beginning of the heating season there would be a shortage with serious consequences.

In order to ensure that a merger of network companies can act in the face of rising prices, the government is providing a credit line of 15 billion euros via the state bank KfW.

Saving energy in private households

The federal government is appealing to consumers to save energy.

But if things get tight, there could also be legal obligations, as Habeck had made clear.

The President of the Federal Network Agency had brought into play a legally prescribed reduction in the heating temperature for apartments.

Economists and politicians proposed bonuses for consumers as an incentive to save energy.

dpa