Germany discusses energy cooperation with Qatar

This information was given by the Secretary of the German Federal Government Office Joerg Kukies.

“We discussed bilateral cooperation, especially in the field of energy and corporate investment“, Mr. Joerg Kukies said on Twitter. At the same time, Mr. Kukies discussed with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, head of the investment fund Qatar Investment Authority.

Germany will close its last nuclear power plants this year and plans to build one liquefied natural gas (LNG) first within the next two years.

Qatar is one of the countries that has recently been approached by the US to redirect supplies gas for Europe. The country says it can supply 10-15% of its LNG volume to Europe. Qatar plans to increase its LNG production capacity from 77 million tons/year currently to 126 million tons/year by 2027.

Europe is planning to phase out the EU’s dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal over the next five years. (Photo: WriteCaliber)

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Europe is planning to phase out the EU’s dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal over the next five years, after Russia’s military attack on Ukraine. .

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung weekly that he planned to make Germany independent from Russia’s coal and oil supplies in less than a year:According to the plan, we will be independent of Russian coal in the fall and almost independent of oil from Russia by the end of the year.“.

However, Mr. Habeck acknowledged, the gas issue will be more complicated because Germany does not have the ability to import LNG and reiterated, an immediate embargo on this supply from Russia could cause a situation. energy crisis in the coming winter, causing a recession in the German economy and high inflation.

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