Germany has almost made up for the total amount of gas it imported from Russia thanks to increased imports from Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium, all after Moscow cut off gas supplies last year over Western support for Ukraine.
Between 2017 and February 2022, Germany imported an average of 77 terawatt hours of natural gas per month, minus exports, which went to cover domestic consumption and fill storage facilities, according to an internal German Federal Network Agency document seen by DPA.
In contrast, net imports from September 2022 to the end of January 2023 — i.e. excluding Russian gas deliveries — averaged 72.7 terawatt hours per month, close to what the German country used to import before.
In addition, Germany received about 4 terawatt hours of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through new LNG terminals off the German coast in January.
An average of 26 terawatt hours of natural gas per month arrived in Germany from Norway between 2017 and the end of February 2022, according to the document. After the Russian cuts, this amount increased to 41 terawatt hours.
Meanwhile, net imports from the Netherlands rose from 2 to 25 terawatt hours, while gas flows from Belgium increased from around 2 terawatt hours to around 23 terawatt hours per month on average from September.
The figures also show a significant decline in German natural gas exports, for example to Switzerland.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
