Russia restores a small amount of natural gas supply to Europe, and Germany calls on the people to save as much as possible

Jimu News reporter Zhang Yang

On July 21, local time, Russia's main pipeline Beixi 1, the main pipeline of Qi, has begun to resume work. However, due to only 40%of the supply, the German Economic Minister announced a new wave of emergency measures to reduce the country's natural gas consumption.

According to the British "Guardian", German Economic Minister Habeck said that Germany cannot fully rely on Russia's natural gas supply and call on people to work together to save energy. The new measures include requiring entrepreneurs to allow employees to work at home as much as possible in order to close the heating system in buildings such as large office buildings and prohibit the use of natural gas to heat the private swimming pool.

The Baltic Pipeline of the Baltic Sea in the Ruby Pabble in Germany (from the Guardian)

Beixi No. 1 was broken for 10 days, and the Germans were uneasy

According to previous news, on July 11, because of the need to conduct annual maintenance of natural gas pipelines, the work of testing mechanical components and automation systems, Beixi 1 pipeline suspended natural gas.

Since the stop of work, the Germans have been waiting for the end of the project with a mood. In fact, the maintenance project is a routine project once a year. However, due to the Russian conflict and European sanctions on Russia, the "Germans are worried and worried" will not open after the pipeline is closed.

Ten days after stopping the supply, Beixi No. 1 natural gas pipeline restored the supply of Russian natural gas to Europe, but only 40%of the previous level. Experts said that only 40%of supply cannot meet European energy demand, and the energy crisis of Europe this winter is inevitable.

Beixi Pipeline (from the Guardian)

As early as mid -June of this year, Russia's natural gas industry Co., Ltd. said that because Siemens did not timely deliver the gas compression unit to Russia, the Russian gas was forced to reduce the gas transmission volume of Beixi No. 1, only 40 input 40 %Natural gas. Russian Natural Gas Industry Corporation explained that the reason for this situation includes Canadian sanctions that cause the Siemens turbine to be delayed from repair.

At the request of Germany, Canada has decided to lift sanctions on Russia's equipment until the end of 2024. Russia's Natural Gas Industry Corporation stated that Siemens was waiting to confirm the possibility of returning the turbine to "Beixi".

Foreign media reports that the turbine is currently on the road and can return to Russia around July 24, but whether the Beixi 1 can restore the normal supply of previous years, it depends on the "mood of the Russians".

The German government calls on the people to save as much as possible

The German Economic Minister of Economic Minister Habeck is currently infected with a new crown and work at home to deal with the energy crisis. He talked about the "nightmare -like scene" that Europe, the largest economy in Europe, will face due to energy shortage.

German Economic Minister Habeck (from the Associated Press)

He clearly stated that all measures should be taken to reduce personal energy consumption. For example, shortening the shower time, closing is not a special lamp, the corridor in the public area should be kept as well as as much as possible, and the heating system of the family should be cleaned to ensure that it can operate as efficient as much as possible.

The last part of the plan is involved in intervention in the internal market to specify which industries or departments can give priority to what level of energy supply. For example, hospitals and first -aid services are the most priority, and the daily use of the family is also in front of most industrial departments.

The coal power has been restarted, and the nuclear power exit plan may also be suspended

In the new measures announced by Habeck, a coal power plant will be restarted in more than two months to reduce natural gas consumption of power generation. He said that restarting coal power plants can ensure the supply of electricity markets in Germany and replace natural gas power plants.

Earlier this month, Habeck announced the restoration of high -pollution coal -fired power plants that had been sealed. At the same time, Germany did not revoke the decision to stop nuclear power production. The decision will gradually eliminate nuclear power by the end of the year, but considering the reality, this measure is likely to stop at any time.

Beixi No. 1 supply line chart (from the Guardian)

At present, Germany is eager to achieve diversified energy supply channels, including increasing renewable energy supply. But Germany's previous energy supply was too dependent on Russia and could not get rid of it in a short period of time.

Habeck said he did not intend to introduce the "energy police" to check the situation of each family's energy, because he believed that people could rely on consciousness to participate in saving action, but he said that Germany would need "quite long -lasting power" to get rid of Russian energy dependence, he is expected to challenge two winter.

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