Germany May Not Even Need the Nord Stream Pipeline Right Now

Germany May Not Even Need the Nord Stream Pipeline Right Now, headlines a Bloomberg analysis from Berlin. “Europe is flooded with gas and demand is likely to remain stable,” reads the energy market analysis. “With storage sites in Europe almost full, the European benchmark contract has more than halved since its peak in 2018.” With the rise of wind and solar and increasing energy efficiencies, Europe’s gas demand is to remain flat for the next five years, predicts the International Energy Agency. “If Nord Stream 2 is delayed only until the early 2020s, there would be no big impact,” said Katja Yafimava, senior research fellow at The Oxford Institute For Energy Studies.