Poland to cut gas consumption in 2022

PARIS, 29 Aug – PRIME. Poland will consume less gas this year than last year, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters in Paris after meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Earlier, the Polish authorities were categorically against the plans of Brussels to oblige all EU countries to reduce natural gas consumption. Poland consumes about 20 million cubic meters of natural gas per year.

“It is already clear that Poland will consume less gas, this ultra-expensive, historically expensive gas,” Morawiecki said.

“This year we use less gas than last year. That is, mechanisms of this type are already being used today at the level of all industries,” he added.

On April 27, Gazprom suspended gas exports by the Polish PGNiG due to non-payment for deliveries under the new scheme in rubles. Poland previously received from Russia up to 10 billion gas per year through the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline. The country’s authorities hope to compensate for this volume with the help of the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from the Norwegian shelf to Poland.