Europe’s Plan to Replace Russian Gas Is Full of Obstacles
- Russian supply accounts for about a third of Europe’s demand
- It’s very hard to fully replace that volume in the short term
Europe bought more than 150 billion cubic meters of Russian gas last year.
Source: Bloomberg
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Europe is rushing to find alternatives to Russian gas, a move that’s become more urgent as Moscow threatens to cut off supplies from the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline.