In France, due to risks of electricity shortages, a coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant was reactivated. This was reported by the Day FR Euro news site with reference to the AFP agency.
As the portal clarifies, normally one of the two coal mines in France, the Saint-Avold thermal power plant, starts up when the cold weather arrives and the system is under special stress. On average, the thermal power plant operates about twenty days a year.
On November 7, the Financial Times reported that European Union countries could face gas supply disruptions during the winter. The situation is made more complex by the possible interruption of pipeline gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine when the Russian gas transit contract expires at the end of 2024.
October 10, the head of Gazprom. Alexey Miller At the plenary session of the International Gas Forum in St. Petersburg, he stated that European policy on the gas market could lead to a new gas price crisis and supply disruptions. Miller described the situation on the European gas market as bad and agreed with the assessment that demand for energy resources is being deliberately destroyed, Izvestia recalls.
