The European Union’s energy system is now flexible enough to ensure that European homes would remain heated throughout a loss of supplies of Russian gas if the EU’s member states co-operate fully, the European Commission has concluded.
The Commission’s study, which it published on Thursday (16 October), suggests a substantial improvement on the situation in 2009, when tens of thousands of homes across Europe had their gas supply interrupted. However, the study also highlights a range of weak points in Europe’s energy system, particularly in the Baltics and the Balkans, where the Commission found that disruptions could be caused by a …read more
Source: European Voice
