Tag Archives: Germany

Germany Opens First Floating Liquid Natural Gas Terminal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other ministers inaugurated on Saturday morning (17 December) the country’s first liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal in Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany, a project expected to supply around 6% of the country’s energy demand. At the inauguration, Scholz stated that the rapid completion of the plant …

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Germany Officially Withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty

Germany has formally decided to abandon an international energy accord that fossil fuel companies had used to oppose measures against climate change, the country’s energy minister said Wednesday, AP reported. The move follows similar decisions by Italy, France, Spain, and other European countries to leave the 1998 Energy Charter Treaty, …

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Germany Running on Dwindling Supply of Gas

While Germany’s gas reserves are currently almost full, there is also no gas supply coming through its main supply pipelines, which originate in Russia. According to energy analyst Thomas O’Donnell, this is a major problem for German industry and private consumers. He casts doubt on claims by the German government …

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Polish Oil could Help Save Germany this Winter

The refinery in Schwedt, Germany, near the Polish border, refines 12 million tons of oil every year. It was built in the 1960s and received its supplies from the Druzhba pipeline, which pumped oil from Russia through Belarus and Poland onward to Germany. The plant in Schwedt was an object …

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