“Gazprom says exports to Germany hit record high in 2016”
Reuters
Russian supplier Gazprom’s natural gas exports to Germany were at a record high in 2016 at 49.8 billion cubic metres, compared to 45.3 billion cubic metres in 2015, Vladimir Soldatkin and Jack Stubbs report for Reuters. The company currently supplies around a third of Europe’s gas, the article says. “That has raised concern in Europe that the region is too reliant on Russian gas.”
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For background read the CLEW article Little headway in 2016 for Germany’s energy transition - think tank and the CLEW factsheet Germany’s dependence on imported fossil fuels.
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