“There is a real concern that if we have a cold winter, we could have power outages in Europe,” Weir said.

He also said that in order to avoid high prices, Germany needs to speed up the process of issuing a permit for Nord Stream 2.

The article also says that Germany's decision to suspend certification occurred at a critical moment: when "reserves became abnormally small", accidents are recorded on the infrastructure, winds are too weak for the operation of windmills, and in Germany and Britain there is increased consumption of methane.

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