Germany, Europe's biggest economy and power market is also a leading consumer and importer of gas, coal and oil. The multi-year average of this period is 1.4 degrees. Looking ahead into December through February 2023, the coldest three months of the season, DWD predicted a mean temperature of at least two degrees Celsius, which would place 2022/23 in the 33% of mildest winters of the reference period 1991-2020. "If the model is right, we will be able to save heating energy as a result."
"We expect a comparatively mild winter," said Tobias Fuchs, Director Climate and Environment of the DWD. FRANKFURT, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Germany could be in for a mild winter, the meteorological office DWD said on Thursday, raising the possibility that energy supply tightness caused by Russia's curbs of fuel exports might not hurt consumers and industry as badly as feared.Įuropean gas prices have hit multi-year highs this year as Russia dramatically cut volumes it sends to Europe amid war in Ukraine, raising prospects of shortages for manufacturers and cold homes and driving up costs.
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