Gas pumping from Russia to Germany via Yamal-Europe gas pipeline stopped for the second time in a week – Gascade

For the second time in a week, Russia cut off gas supplies to Germany via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, and the gas pipeline went into reverse mode. About it writes Reuters citing data from the German operator Gascade.

Previously, gas supplies were suspended for the period from October 30 to November 5 this year. Representatives of “Gazprom” then statedthat they fulfill the requests of European consumers in full, while “fluctuations in demand for Russian gas depend on the actual needs of buyers.”

Polish consumers receive gas through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline not only directly from Russia, but also through a “virtual reverse” – from Germany (by contract), but in fact – by taking it out of the transit flow. In the case when the request for a virtual reverse exceeds the direct physical flow, the gas pipeline can switch to a physically reverse mode.

On the morning of September 28, gas pumping through the pipeline dropped by almost 60% – to 1.45 million cubic meters per hour from just over 3.4 million cubic meters per hour. Then the Russian “Gazprom” reported that the holding fully fulfills the requests for gas supplies to Europe. The company called the decrease in supplies via the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline temporary, explaining this by requests from one of its clients. The next day, gas pumping increased to 2.33 million m³ per hour, reported TASS.

The Yamal-Europe gas pipeline with a length of over two thousand kilometers runs from the Russian Torzhok to the German Frankfurt-on-Oder. Its capacity is 33 billion cubic meters per year, or about 100 million cubic meters per day.

Germany has already achieved the greatest progress among European countries in the development of alternative energy, is talking economist Vladimir Milov. In the country, the share of renewable sources in electricity generation in 2020 was 41% (and of the same natural gas – only 16%; the share of coal has decreased from 51% in 2000 to 24% now). Against the backdrop of price blackmail from Gazprom, this energy transition will only accelerate, he said.