Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen has introduced a plan to achieve the independence from Russian energy by 2027. “Putin’s war is disrupting the global energy market,” said Ursula von der Leyen
The EU is number one client of Russian fossil fuels spending €100 billion last year. As an answer to the invasion in Ukraine, Russian coal has been sanctioned; oil is on the way to be so; however, the gas stays on in the agenda. EU’s main gas supplier is Russia providing 45% total gas supplied in 2021
REPower EU suggests that up to two thirds of Russian gas – around 100 bcm – could be slashed by the end of this year. Half of this – 50 bcm – would be replaced by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) diversification, while 10 bcm would come from non-Russian pipelines, including those from Norway, Azerbaijan and Algeria