Russia's stoppage of gas to Poland and Bulgaria will not have immediate consequences for Denmark's security of supply when it comes to gas. This is the assessment of Kristian Rune Poulsen, a consultant at Green Power Denmark.
- It does not mean anything for Denmark's security of supply. The gas we get from Russia, we get via Norway and Germany and via pipelines that are not affected by this. Over the summer we get lots of LNG shipped in (liquefied gas, ed.) from North America and elsewhere, and there is a surplus on the market at the moment, he tells Ritzau.
He has been following the price development for gas since Tuesday's first reports that Gazprom would shut down the so-called Yamal pipeline, which supplies Poland and Bulgaria with gas.
After a significant jump on Tuesday evening, prices have continued to rise and are 20 percent higher on Wednesday morning. higher than a day ago.
What will be the next move?
But Kristian Poulsen believes that it could easily be an immediate panic reaction that will eventually settle down. Because it has always been the plan of the EU countries to reduce gas imports from Russia by two-thirds this year, and the closure of the Yamal pipeline does not even correspond to half of the previous imports. The question, however, is what Gazprom's next move will be.
- This at least shows a willingness on the Russian side to react if the payment is not made in rubles, which Poland and Bulgaria have refused. And we know that Ørsted, among others, also has a claim hanging over its head with a deadline of the end of May. This is where it could really have consequences for Denmark, says Kristian Rune Poulsen.
His advice to homeowners who heat their homes with gas is therefore the same as before:
- You shouldn't panic, but you should definitely look around for another form of heating, because gas is expensive and unreliable, he says.
Ritzau
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