#Corona weather forcast full
EU-wide gas storage facilities are already 86 percent full - well ahead of a target to hit 80 percent by November. At this stage, it is a bit too early to say," he said, although a cold snap in November is currently "more likely than usual."įor now, there is an air of cautious confidence among EU diplomats that preparations for winter will be enough to avoid the nightmare scenario of rolling blackouts. "By then most of the large-scale factors affecting the temperature are at play, so to speak. Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service at the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts, said that energy markets have historically paid close attention to the winter forecast that comes out in November. It's still too soon to say with any certainty what temperatures we can expect - or indeed how much rainfall and wind there will be to power renewable energy production.
Rarely has so much depended on a weather forecast. A mild winter and energy supplies stand a better chance of lasting, analysts predict, allowing EU leaders to say they faced down Putin's gas weapon and won. "If we have a bit of luck with the weather, we will have a chance at getting through the winter comfortably," German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said last week, capturing the extent to which Europe's most powerful leaders are now, effectively, at the mercy of the gods.Ī very cold winter could see burgeoning political unrest over the cost of living and the cost of Europe's support for Ukraine deepen if Europeans are forced to endure the hardship of blackouts and factory shutdowns.
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