Russian gas firm Gazprom is scheduled to switch off its largest natural gas pipeline running to Germany for annual maintenance. The question is whether Russia will switch it back on. Officials in Germany and across the EU are warning utilities and companies to brace for a possible complete stop to gas flows even after the 10-day repair-period. They fear Russia will use maintenance as a pre-text. Moscow has already reduced flows into Germany in recent weeks, cutting back supply to 40 percent of normal levels while citing repair needs.
The Nord Stream stoppage also appears to be pushing the German government to undermine its own sanctions regime. At Berlin’s request, Canada has now temporarily waived its export restrictions on a gas turbine that Siemens was repairing at its facilities in Montreal. Delivery and installation of the turbine, which Russia says is critical to restoring gas flows, could force the EU to partially lift its own sanctions on Russia. That, in turn, has drawn the ire of Ukraine.
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If Canada cared about the sanctions, it shouldn't have taken it to fix it.
I would put German to its knees
Hopefully Germany come back to common senses, this sanctions has no place !
European fools
Oh Germany making smart decisions over and over must have Bidens teleprompter operater there too
Germany wouldn't do it for them geez how many brain cells do you need to run a country says Joe Bidem
Are sanctions effective???
EU puppets (of the USA) arrogance continues under the tainted (conflict of interest) EU leader that is von der Leyen. The shock and horror that Russia would dare risk EU power resources despite sanctions, seizure of Russian citizens property, banking bans, SWIFT bans, € millions in military assistance to Ukraine and ignored Russias assertion to not militarise its borders. Wow, zero EU strategy, compromise or regional acumen.
I hope the the Gas runs out, the oil runs out, the food stock are depleted, the stock markets crash and the whole sorry affair concentrates the minds of these so called political representatives.
That is all…..out.
Excuses? Russia needs no excuses. I don’t agree with the war, but the west, particularly Europe, is now regretting it’s initial sanctions it placed upon Russia. This will hit the EU’s economy hard, especially Germany.
Makes sense. This war is madness. Stay neutral Ukraine
War is not the answer… Diplomacy work
Arm chairs experts: please consider the impact of germany import of oil and gas from USA. Cost will sky rocket and the competitive edge of her industry is lost. Germany should prioritise the welfare and well being and interest of her citizens , not USA interest. Remember USA has this basic principle. America for American first !!!
From this case Ukraine I just realized, EU leader are dumb so dumb. EU never works for European interest, only USA interest, that is bad for European citizen life..
I hope winter is coming with hot Weather for German…
Since 1914 Germany has been strategically inept and also the most destabilising force in Europe. Absolute fools to have gone into business with the Russians.
Well done Putin's Russia.
Cut all gas from all pipes.
Let the evil empires of lies enjoy the confiscation of russian assets. Make them sell their children and the milk of their women.
By cutting off natural gas, Russia is forcing Europe to become self-reliant. This reminds me of a divorce case where the wife who had temporary custody suddenly brought all the children at the husband’s home — so he won’t have time for the girlfriend. But the husband learned to manage with the kids and in the end the court gave him full custody.
Europe too may learn to manage without Russian gas — and may even learn to manage without natural gas altogether — substituting it instead with green hydrogen — from Africa and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Russian gas would be sitting there becoming obsolete — even for making blue hydrogen — as that ship too would have sailed. Russia is indeed shooting itself in the foot in all sorts of ways under its present leadership.
EU is using its financial power to subjugate russian and Russia is using its resources to hit back . I thing they are playing tit for tat game.
Europe is fked.
Use hydrogen.or ethene from waste
Should the US have thought about the implications of driving Russia out of the Gas Business in Europe before they went ahead and did it?
The plan seems as half baked as the rest of Victoria Nulands plans?
Remember four years ago when Germany was warned by our president at the time not to be buying billions of dollars of gas from Russia
Mr Zelensky: "Europe must stop buying gas from Russia"
Mr Zelensky: "The gas blackmail of Europe, which only gets worse every month, is needed by a terrorist state to make the life of every European worse"
USA: "Sorry folks"
Russia: We want to supply Gas to Germany but however my workers are downhearted being sanction by you. They are not so keen to service the gas line. Most of the time they drink vodka and chit chat with their colleagues on the hard times they are facing due to sanction.
Beside they are worried of Germany sending out weapon especially the anti aircaft tanks andto Ukraine that might killed their brethren soldiers and their fellow relatives in Donbass Region. They walk around using their hammer tapping along the pipe to the tune "sound of music" as if they are busy working. Most of the time they will say faulty and parts need to change.
Germany told us that it was planning to end fossil fuel to save the planet. Why is there a panic when the supply of fuel is turned off? That was the objective and it has been achieved.
In 1841, German physician and physicist Julius von Mayer coined what was to become known as a first law of thermodynamics: “Energy can be neither created nor destroyed,” he wrote. It can, however, be converted from one kind to another — by solar panels that turn sunlight to electricity, or in the transformation of natural gas molecules to the heat that cooks our dinner and heats our homes.
“Magnetism is a force, but it has no energy of its own,” says David Cohen-Tanugi, vice president of the MIT Energy Club and a John S. Hennessy Fellow in MIT’s Materials Science and Engineering department. Still, he adds, “magnetism is extremely useful for converting energy from one form to another. About 99% of the power generated from fossil fuels, nuclear and hydroelectric energy, and wind comes from systems that use magnetism in the conversion process.”
Every energy generation technology — with the exception of photovoltaics — relies on spinning turbines that put electrons in motion and push them through circuits and generators. “As these charged particles move past magnets inside the turbines, they create a field around them that affects other charged particles,” says Cohen-Tanugi. “This is the magnetic force that converts the energy of wind and coal and nuclear fuel to the electricity that’s sent out into the power grid.”
Much of that grid is managed by using principles of magnetism, as well. “The transformer stations you see along the highway or in industrial areas are responsible for converting high voltage electricity to a usable 110 volts,” says Cohen-Tanugi. High voltage lines deliver power from the power plant to the transformer stations, and as electrons move through the transformer’s large coils, they give rise to magnetic fields that change the electricity’s frequency to a voltage safe for powering our toasters, bedside lamps, and hair dryers.
Generators and motors in everything from hybrid cars to computer hard drives employ magnets, and researchers are currently investigating the potential of rare earth magnets, exceptionally strong permanent magnets composed of alloys of rare earth elements. Already used in state-of-the-art motors and generators and other energy-sector applications, they represent the next generation in magnetism’s role in energy production.
Well done Russia stay strong, we Indian are with you
Well Europe's options in short term are limited. In long run, they have several.
(1) Start their own oil, gas, nuclear, hydroelectric, wind developments. But this will take more than a decade
(2) Stop all immigration and allow their populations to decline to 10-20% of present levels (this will greatly reduce energy demand)
(3) Switch to local sustainability (ie stop global consumerism aka globalization), live and work local, focus on self sufficiency for people, less material goods, and pointless services. This will take decades
(4) Develop new technologies for energy.. Fusion.. Though this won't be cheap for long as governments will tax it
(5) Stop outsourcing to other countries your critical energy needs, it makes you vulnerable. All so you can say you are meeting climate change targets…. Its all bs, you are just fudging numbers. Unless we reduce the population by a factor of 10 to 100 globally, reduce our consumption or develop better tech, it can't be done easily………..
Or Europe can just accept Russia will control Ukraine and make a peace deal…. But since the US, Canada can export their oil and gas to Europe., there is money to be made with strengthening the dollar and inflation tax on people
Sie Deutschen drängen immer wieder mit Sanktionen gegen Russland. Sie haben wirklich entweder kein Gehirn oder Sie geben vor, Dummköpfe zu sein, das erste ist, dass Ihre Leute frieren, Sie von Russland für Lebensmittel und Benzin und vieles mehr abhängig sind, höchstwahrscheinlich lieben Sie Russland und den russischen Stiefel … Sie es vermissen, von jemandem unter Ketten gehalten zu werden.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
meanwhile the World is laughing at Nato / EU major flop. Scholz must go! None of this bs was necessary
Russia get some patience not shutting it off completely after seven round of sanctions. If Europe is supplying gas to Russia, they would have done it long ago
Time to make coal powered car, buddy
Europe "take Ukraine give us gas"
Russia is just too kind for you Germany because you still have 20% of gas eventhough you hurt thier economy.
Oh god Putin has the best sense of humour
Western media are blaming Russia for cutting off gas supplies…. wake up Europe the USA is forcing Europe to not buy Russian gas!!! Another disaster orchestrated by America!
All Country have the right to choose who care about the warr on Ucraine fuc* them they want this not us if they want peace is finish in 1 day but they don t want
Great Russia🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Future historians will look back and ask themselves why Europe had so spine of its own. It allowed US to dictate their actions, to the extent of asking europeans to shoot themselves in the foot, knees and elsewhere. If Germany suffers, it has no one to blame. Putting on sanctions to cripple Russia and then expect russia to help you out is asking for the impossible. Germany had cheap gas for 30 years from Nord 1, with no problems from Russia. It enabled Germany to develop quickly. Now Europe, esp Germany will suffer from the ruthlessness of US. It has been the intention of US to deindustrialise Europe, esp Germany and we are seeing it in real time. Why are you wasting time talking so much. Just break away from US hegemony and look after yourselves.
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Damn Europe's reactions to the repercussions of its own sanctions is hilarious.
germany suffering fr shuting down their nuclear plant