Energy independence: gas storage almost • Table.Briefings

As a result of the energy crisis, the EU had decreed that its gas storage facilities must be 90 percent full by Nov. 1 each year.

The war in Ukraine has revealed a dependency on Russian gas that the EU wanted to overcome quickly. The member states now appear to be well prepared for the coming winter.

The European Union’s gas storage facilities are well-filled just a few weeks before winter. According to the European Commission in Brussels, the member states’ reservoirs are currently around 95 percent full.

Energy independence: gas storage almost completely full

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