Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, has now asked for financial aid from the state, but a nationalization might bear political risks for the Greens due to ongoing lawsuits against the closure of coal plants.
Authorities “prepared for new protests.”
Home heating oil up 115%
Shell CEO says “In the worst case, we will be in a situation where we have to ration.”
Taoiseach fuel crisis will lead to a hard winter
“Pathetic”
Germany closed its last black coal plant in 2019
“[This] is an attack on us.”
But it is, though?
Precedent set.
“WE’RE IN THE BEGINNINGS OF A RECESSION”: Rural Independents on energy crisis.
“Developing the Barryroe field now is Ireland’s only route to self-sufficiency and energy security”