Gas storage at record low: Why heating could be expensive this winter:
The negative summer-winter spread makes gas storage a losing proposition ...
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Low gas storage levels: Why imports are now becoming expensive: The fill level target was missed. Imports are coming, but the gas price has more than tripled ...
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Gas storage levels are significantly below target value: German gas storage facilities are significantly less full than required shortly before the start of the ...
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Gas storage in Germany: Federal Network Agency considers directive on gas storage necessary
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Gas storage levels at 58%: Will we have enough gas until winter?: Compared to previous years, gas storage facilities are currently low. Will Germany manage to ...
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Gas storage facilities in Germany: 80 percent fill level no longer achievable: According to the Federal Network Agency, a fill level of 80 percent for German gas ...
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Key FactsReiche Plans Larger LTO Tender for Winter Gas
Sep 16, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: taz.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: taz.de
- INES said early-September storage levels, at around 53%, were the lowest since records began 15 years ago.
- The autumn LTO tender is to grow by a gas volume not yet determined; traders receive payment for available quantities and must deliver when called.
- Reiche does not plan a new state gas purchase like 2022, instead continuing to pursue market-driven measures.
- Uniper and Sefe internally agreed to increase storage; according to the government, however, no formal gas-purchasing order exists.
Gas storage facilities: Levels at record lows and the government refrains from intervening
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Empty gas storage facilities in Europe? It's still possible to protect oneself from high prices.
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Bitter warning before winter: Gas storage facilities emptier than ever - | and the real problem is hardly being discussed
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"Winter will be very expensive for all of us": Gas storage at record lows - | Left Party and Greens rail against the wealthy
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Key FactsIndustry Group Reports Record-Low German Gas Storage Levels
Aug 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
- According to Initiative Energien Speichern, the mid-August level was the lowest since records began in 2011, compared with 67 percent at the same time last year.
- Even completely filling the currently booked capacity would, in the group’s assessment, be insufficient during extremely low temperatures, while procurement costs often exceed achievable winter sales prices.
- The Economics Ministry considers winter preparedness primarily the responsibility of gas companies and traders, but also points to pipeline imports from Norway, LNG terminals and neighboring countries, along with measures prepared for a worsening situation.
- The Left and the Greens criticize Katherina Reiche, while the Federation of German Consumer Organisations warns that low storage levels could mean higher energy prices for households.
Minister Reiche has been gambling with the storage levels since the end of the heating season. They are just around 50% full, but that is far too little. My worry: the coming winter will be very, very expensive for all of us.— Michael Kellner, Green Party's energy policy spokesperson, commenting on Bluesky.
Gas storage only half full: Why Germany faces a risky winter - | and is itself to blame
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Gas storage level only at 50%: Is that enough for the winter?: Germany's gas storage facilities are currently only about half full. Will that be enough to ...
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Dangerously low gas levels: Iran war causes German storage facilities to shrink - | one company now issues a clear warning
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Key FactsUniper warns German gas-storage target may be missed
Aug 12, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: merkur.de
- Uniper, Germany’s largest gas-storage operator, warned that it might not be able to fill its facilities to the planned 80 percent.
- According to the Federal Network Agency, storage facilities were 48.63 percent full on 10 August, compared with 64.68 percent at the same time last year.
- The Initiative Energien Speichern considers filling storage to the state-mandated amount possible, but sees significantly higher risks in an exceptionally cold winter and calls for suitable market conditions.
- The Federal Network Agency points to LNG imports, new agreements with France and Belgium, and the European gas network, saying it currently sees no indications that importers are failing to meet their obligations.
These high prices are bad for our customers, bad for the industry, and bad for our prosperity.— Michael Lewis, CEO of Uniper, warned about high gas prices in the Merkur article.
Gas storage: Reiche says gas supply is secure: Despite empty gas storage facilities, Reiche sees no need for action. The state should also refrain from filling ...
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Cold wave depletes our gas reserves - | this has consequences especially for next winter
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Winter is depleting Germany's gas storage facilities - | Fill levels at a historic low
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Gas storage facilities still 50 percent full: Federal Network Agency sees gas supply as secure despite cold snap
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Heating: Gas storage levels are low at the start of the heating season: Three-quarters of Germany's gas storage facilities are full. Operators warn of shortages ...
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German gas storage facilities relatively low: Germany is lagging behind in terms of gas: storage facilities are less full than in many neighboring countries ...
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Empty storage facilities: Germany has rather little gas in storage: Germany's gas storage facilities are filling up more slowly than in the previous year - the ...
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