Germany plans two LNG terminals as Russia crisis deepens
Government acts to shore up energy supplies with new gas sources but insists policy dovetails with net-zero transition
Germany will “rapidly” build two LNG import terminals and bolster its strategic reserves of both gas and coal as it looks to secure its energy supplies amid the crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday. The government said in late February that it would not certify the Nord Stream 2, which runs from Russia directly to Germany, in response to the invasion. Germany imports about 60pc of its natural gas from Russia. “We will change course in order to eliminate our dependence on imports from individual energy suppliers,” Scholz says. “After all, the events of recent days and weeks have shown us that responsible, forward-looking energy policy is not
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