IEA Director Fatih Birol spoke at the press conference at the European Commission about a “serious challengeHowever, the current measures help, he said, without them, the possible deficit next year would be around 60 billion cubic meters.
The EU has already made great progress in reducing its dependence on Russian gas, but that’s not out of the question just yet dangerous areaBirol said the conditions that allowed the EU to quickly replenish stocks this year will not repeat next year, he warns.
Of solution it’s simple (and difficult at the same time): we must continue as we are doing now, and continue to save energy. This can be done, for example, by further expanding the subsidy policy for building insulation measures or by replacing fossil fuel-fired heating systems with electricity-powered heat pump systems. The EU must also continue to accelerate its focus on renewable energy, says the IEA.
