Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler (Greens) reacted with sharp criticism of Moscow to Gazprom’s announcement that it would once more interrupt its gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. This time, no gas is to flow through the Baltic Sea to Germany from August 31 to September 2 due to “a series of routine maintenance work”.
“Putin is deliberately exploiting Europe’s dependence on Russian gas,” Gewessler once once more criticized. “The announced disruption of gas supplies via Nord Stream 1 clearly shows that Russia is using gas supplies as a means of intimidation and insecurity,” it said in a written statement WHAT. “Russia is not a reliable counterpart.” According to the minister, we continue to work with all our might to fill the Austrian storage facilities and become more independent. “The experts are currently assuming that the 80 percent storage target can still be achieved.”
Storage has been taking place in all gas storage facilities in the Alpine republic since the beginning of August. As of August 15, the storage level of Austrian gas storage facilities was around 60 percent. According to the Ministry of Energy, this amount corresponds to 64 percent of normal annual consumption in Austria.
