Europe is suffering a crisis of power, 3 years after the invasion of Ukraine

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To weave Russian Herbal Gas, Europe has discovered new energy sources, adding imports from the United States. But higher prices contract the economy.

By Stanley Reed and Liz Alderman

Stanley Reed reported from London, and Liz Alderman from Paris.

On a recently built platform along the tankers, Germany, the United States tankers liquefied herbal fuel to obtain factories and houses. In the center of Spain, a forest of wind turbines planted in the most sensible of the mountains helps to feed the energy network. In French state buildings, thermostats got off in winter to save electricity.

In the 3 years elapsed since the invasion of Russia of Ukraine, Ukraine, has caused a crisis of strength in Europe, the continent has remodeled the way it generates and the strength of retail exits. Russian herbal fuel, the long lifeguard of Europe, has been replaced through other sources, adding liquors. Herbal fuel from the United States. The generation of the force of the wind and the sun has jumped around 50% since 2021. New nuclear force plants are planned throughout the continent.

But Europe’s power security is still fragile. The region produces much less herbal fuel than consumes and is still largely based on other countries, namely, the United States, to maintain lighting accessories. 4 times more dear than in the United States. High energy prices have tensioned families and forced factories to close, weakening the European economy.

The invasion of Ukraine in the dependence of 2022 Europe of the power of Russia, especially Herbal gas, which represents about 20% of European energy consumption.

“The energy appeared cheap, but it exposed us to blackmail,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, told the World Economic Forum last month.

Herbal fuel sources in the European Union and Great Britain.

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