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You mean Germany. All other European countries either have their own natural resource, or secured energy from other sources.
Germany mistakenly gambled on Putin being pragmatic and figured that having a joint-venture with Putin would guarantee his pragmatism. That did not work.
In its race to find alternate sources of energy, the country has reopened coal-fired power plants, delayed plans to shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants, and pushed to increase capacity to store natural gas imported from other countries such as Norway, the US and Qatar.
Germany built a new liquefied natural gas terminal - in a record of around eight months,. More infrastructure investments are also planned.
Germany mistakenly gambled on Putin being pragmatic and figured that having a joint-venture with Putin would guarantee his pragmatism. That did not work.
In its race to find alternate sources of energy, the country has reopened coal-fired power plants, delayed plans to shut down its three remaining nuclear power plants, and pushed to increase capacity to store natural gas imported from other countries such as Norway, the US and Qatar.
Germany built a new liquefied natural gas terminal - in a record of around eight months,. More infrastructure investments are also planned.
