"This winter, heating must not be higher than 19 degrees"

Robert Habeck, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economic and Climate Protection, said on Saturday that this winter, the heating temperature of the office of German enterprises and public sector should not be higher than 19 degrees Celsius to help reduce Germany's natural gas consumption.

According to the Associated Press on the 14th, Robert Habeck, the Vice Premier of Germany and the Minister of Economic and Climate Protection, said on Saturday that this winter, the heating temperature of the office of German enterprises and public sector should not be higher than 19 degrees Celsius to help reduce Germany’s German in Germany. Natural gas consumption.

Robert Habeck Picture Source: Visual China

In addition to putting forward a suggestion to restrict the heating temperature, Habeck also proposed that heating for non -commercial private swimming pools is prohibited, the heating system in public areas in public buildings is closed, and the lights of public billboards are closed between 10 pm and 6 am. Essence

Habeck said that although the EU 27 countries have promised that their natural gas use has decreased by 15%compared with the average level in the first five years, but Germany needs to reduce its own consumption by 20%in order to avoid natural gas shortage. Case.

The report pointed out that as the EU's largest economy, Germany is trying to abandon imported Russian natural gas. However, compared with many other EU countries, Germany is more dependent on Russia's natural gas.

In a apartment building in Germany, the pressure watch is installed on the insulation pipe to enter and exit the hot water map from the nearby natural gas power heating plant: Visual China: Visual China

According to the British "Guardian", about 55%of the natural gas used in Germany before was imported from Russia. After the Russian and Ukraine conflict began, the German government began to step up to purchase natural gas from Norway and the Netherlands, and decided to expand related infrastructure. Imported LNG from the United States and Qatar. As of the end of June, about a quarter of natural gas demand in Germany was imported from Russia.

According to the German News Agency, on July 27, local time, seven mayors from Lu Gen Island, Germany, to the federal government and local government officials such as Habeck. In the letter, the seven mayor said that Germany's policy of trying to abandon Russia's natural gas is "incorrect", which will lead to the soaring living costs of the public and even cause social turmoil.

On June 21, after the concluding annual conventional maintenance and restoration of gas supply in Russia to Germany, Habeck announced a new energy safety plan. He said that Germany will further tighten the previous natural gas reserve plan, and the new goal is to complete a 95%natural gas reserve by November 1. According to this plan, Germany's natural gas storage facilities must reach 75%of gas storage before September 1 and 95%before November 1st to respond to the natural gas and energy shortage of this year.

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