The Russia-Ukraine crisis has raised concerns about Europe's energy supply. The continent is behind in reducing its reliance on Moscow for natural gas while renewables are slowly built up, and now it's rushing to find it elsewhere.
in a move that could allow troops to deploy.
Countries like Lithuania and Poland have managed to reduce Russian gas imports. But Russia accounts for more than one-third of the EU’s supply, and its dominance is entrenched in the Baltic states, Germany, Italy and parts of southeastern Europe. “It’s in moments of crisis that we see the need for market integration and enough infrastructure from a security and procurement point of view,” he said, adding that the focus on renewables shouldn’t neglect the role of natural gas.
But connecting Europe’s energy markets hasn’t been done “sufficiently well,” said energy policy expert Simone Tagliapietra, a senior fellow at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels. In particular, a pipeline connection from Spain to France was shelved, leaving “a major bottleneck that we didn’t manage to solve,” he said. Now, gas industry groups are talking about reviving the idea.
The question always seems more urgent among newer, eastern EU members with bitter memories of Russian domination during the Cold War. But investing billions in more pipelines or import terminals risks them becoming obsolete amid the long-term shift to renewables, Tagliapietra said. Instead, Europe could require gas companies to begin the winter with adequate storage levels, he said.
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