Gass storage in Germany: How long do the reserves reach this winter?

Gass storage in Germany: How long do the reserves reach this winter?

Deutschland - The level of German gas storage is currently 88.48 percent, as was reported on December 9, 2024. This represents a decrease by 0.15 percent compared to the previous day. The gas supplies dropped from over 98 percent in early November, which, according to Klaus Müller, from the Federal Network Agency ensures the supply for winter despite the throttling of Russian gas deliveries. In the winter of 2024/2025, however, a moderate to extensive emptying of the memory could be expected, especially in colder temperatures, so Allgäuer Newspaper . The earth's gass storage in Germany is currently above the average of 2017 to 2021, which is positive news for the winter energy hardship.

gas consumption and imports

in 2023 Germany used a total of 810,412 GWH gas, which corresponds to a decrease of 5 percent compared to the previous year. Only 56 percent of the apartments use gas to supply heating. The current consumption analysis shows that gas consumption in the past few months has been below average from 2018 to 2021. In particular, an average of 3,360 gigawatt hours of gas were used daily in the calendar week until December 1, which is 14.4 percent less than in the comparison years, but at mild temperatures. All of this happens in a context in which gas imports are now mainly from Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium due to the end of Russian deliveries, while several liquid gas terminals are also active in the German network, such as ndr reported.