this underground deposits gas between European Union they are already 80% capacity two months ahead of schedule, one of the measures adopted by the EU to strengthen the position of Member States Possible interruptions in the supply of Russian gas before winter begins. “We have good news. We have reached an average of 80% in the European Union, so basically we have reached the agreed amount for this year, but even though we know the filling will increase”, European Commission President Ursula von der explained. Leyen during the energy security summit among the Baltic states organized by Denmark.
According to the latest data update published by the AGSI GIE website inventory, as of 29 August underground storages were at 79.94% and 10 Member States were above the 80% threshold: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. All would replenish their deposits two months earlier than envisaged in the agreement of the twenty-seven. deadline is 1 november. Below 65% or about 65% are Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Latvia. In the case of Spain, 29.6 TWh was stored according to the latest update.
The regulation was adopted at the end of June within the framework of the EU-designed arsenal of measures. avoiding a supply crisis In case Moscow chooses to turn off the tap of this indispensable fossil fuel, as it has already done this year. The idea is to increase reserves – by 2023 the target will be 90% by the beginning of winter – to face possible cutbacks from Russian giant Gazprom, which supplies natural gas to the EU. Some Member States do not have storage facilities on their territory, so the regulation specifies that they must store 15% of their annual domestic consumption in warehouses in other countries.