Germany is prepared should Russia stop exporting gas to the country, minister for the economy Robert Habeck has said.
Asked by Deutschlandfunk radio what the government would do if Russia stops gas exports, Reuters reports Habeck replied: We are prepared for that. I can give the all-clear for the current winter and summer. For the next winter, we would take further measures.
Habeck pointed to planned new legislation to ensure gas storage is full for winter.
“So we are also taking precautions for the worst case, which has not happened yet because the Russians are delivering,” he said, adding that in a worse case scenario Berlin could keep “coal-fired power plants in reserve, maybe even keep them running”, but that it was committed to moving to renewables in the medium-term.
“So we are also taking precautions for the worst case, which has not happened yet because the Russians are delivering,” he said, adding that in a worse case scenario Berlin could keep “coal-fired power plants in reserve, maybe even keep them running”, but that it was committed to moving to renewables in the medium-term.
