Austria Could Require Years to Cut Off Russian Gas Entirely
- Energy minister says storage tender could include Russian fuel
- Gewessler says Austria must confront ‘uncomfortable truths’
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Austria’s top energy official said it will take years to wean off Russian natural gas, and there’s a possibility that an upcoming tender to accumulate a strategic fuel reserve will have to rely on Russian inventories.
Leonore Gewessler also said the invasion of Ukraine has forced the nation to confront “uncomfortable truths” as her government tries to break free of Gazprom PJSC’s half-century stranglehold on gas supplies.