Natural gas storage facilities in Germany are full: 100 percent mark reached
Published: Monday, Nov 6th 2023, 14:07
Updated At: Tuesday, Nov 7th 2023, 00:54
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Natural gas storage facilities in Germany reached the 100 percent mark on Sunday morning. The fill level was 100.03%, according to preliminary data published on the internet by the European Gas Storage Association GIE on Sunday evening.
The storage association GIE put the volume of natural gas stored at 254.92 terawatt hours. For comparison: According to the Federal Network Agency, a good 196 terawatt hours of natural gas were consumed in Germany in January and February 2023.
The President of the Federal Network Agency, Klaus Müller, was delighted: "It is good news that the storage facilities are now 100 percent full. We are much better prepared for the winter than we were last year," Müller told the German press agency dpa.
However, it is too early to give the all-clear. "We are asking people to continue to think carefully about what consumption can be saved." Those who use gas sparingly can also save a lot of money in the coming winter.
According to the Network Agency, Germany imported a good 74 terawatt hours of natural gas in October. Most recently, the natural gas came through pipelines mainly from Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands. Smaller quantities flowed into the German pipeline network from France, Austria, Switzerland and via the new liquefied natural gas terminals on the German coasts. Natural gas last reached Germany from Russia via the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline on August 30, 2022.
Storage facilities are also almost full across the EU. According to the EIG, the fill level was almost 99.6%.
Germany important gas supplier
According to the Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES), natural gas covers around 15 percent of Switzerland's energy requirements. Switzerland obtains almost all of its gas from abroad and, according to information provided by the Federal Council in June of this year, has no seasonal storage facilities of its own. Up to three quarters of gas supplies to Switzerland come from Germany
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