a gas pipeline project between Spain and Germany and a threat to British pubs

A honeymoon between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Spanish Prime Minister, invited to the summit of the German government against a backdrop of the energy crisis. Because part of the solution to the lack of Russian gas could be found in Spain. “The main thing is to create a large European network. This is true for the electricity network and the future hydrogen network. This now applies to the gas network“, said the German Chancellor. “Spain concentrates 30% of the capacities of all of Europe to transform liquefied gas and we cannot use them completely due to a lack of infrastructure. And that’s what we have to solve“, added Pedro Sanchez. The only problem, France would be reluctant to build this gas pipeline. In the event of a blockage, Spain does not rule out having it pass through Italy.

In Switzerland CO2 could be the solution. Using the heat from computers to heat homes, we are already doing it. But using liquefied co2 rather than water to transport this energy is the great novelty. The pipes are much smaller and there are ten times less loss. “We have shown in our studies that we could make cities autonomous with this system by combining it with an intelligent energy management system.“, explains François Maréchal, EPFL project manager. The installation is already in operation in several buildings. It could quickly be extended to the entire city of Sion.

In Britain, pubs could close. Sacrificed on the altar of the price of electricity on the verge of tripling. “This is of great concern to us. Here we have fifteen full-time people and we have no intention of losing them.“, explains Andrew Taylor, pub manager. These companies are asking for the price of electricity to be capped. And they do not want to be forgotten in the future aid plans that the new Prime Minister will have to concoct in September.