Long winter – Germany running out of natural gas

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Domestic gas storage stands at only to 20 percent – a historic low, according to newspaper reports.

In many regions the underground caverns or porous reservoirs are filled only to less than five percent.

Because of the continued cold, many German gas storages are almost empty. The average level over the weekend dropped to a historic low of 20 percent, the “Welt am Sonntag” reported, citing data from the European Association of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE).

Some reservoirs are one third full, some stand at ten percent, and others are virtually empty.

Natural gas is an important energy source for Germany. 16.5 million homes are heated so. The domestic electricity production depends to about eleven percent of natural gas power plants.

From “Spiegel online” via “Google Translate”: http://goo.gl/nXzG6

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