The French government launched a national energy-saving plan on October 6, local time, calling on the public to "take active action" to avoid the danger of energy interruption in winter.
French Prime Minister Borne, led by ministers, announced the energy-saving plan at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris. Borne pointed out in his speech that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has exacerbated the energy crisis, and the entire Europe is facing severe challenges from winter energy supply shortages and rising prices.
"If France does not take national energy-saving actions, it will face the danger of energy supply in winter."
Borne said that the purpose of launching the national energy-saving plan is not to reduce production and affect economic development, but to reduce unnecessary energy consumption, and ultimately achieve the goal of reducing national energy consumption by 10% in the next two years.
According to this energy-saving plan, the heating temperature of residences, educational institutions, offices and places open to the public shall not exceed 19 degrees Celsius in winter; the heating temperature of restaurants, gymnasiums and other places should be lowered to 17 degrees Celsius when there are no customers; the air-conditioning temperature in summer shall not be lower than At 26 degrees Celsius; except for airports, railway stations and subway stations, all lighting advertisements will be banned from 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.; at the same time, the government encourages telecommuting through financial support to reduce gasoline consumption caused by travel; The maximum speed of the expressway for service vehicles has been reduced from 130 kilometers per hour to 110 kilometers per hour; and it is planned to speed up the popularization and installation of building temperature automation control systems to reduce energy waste.
It is worth noting that the plan also calls on the French to "reduce the time of hot showers", completely shut down electronic devices that are in standby mode at night, and schedule the use of some energy-intensive devices to off-peak hours.
and French President Emmanuel Macron at an entrepreneur conference held in Paris that morning also called on the whole of France to take action and reduce energy consumption by 10% in the past to tide over the difficulties of this winter's energy crisis.
On the same day, Germany's energy regulator, the Federal Network Agency, said that German households and small businesses consumed nearly 10% more natural gas last week than the average for the same period in the previous four years. Severe energy crisis."
Federal Network Administration Director Klaus Mueller said that to avoid emergencies this winter, households and small businesses must save at least 20%. Mueller issued a similar initiative a week ago, but the national gas consumption increased instead of falling.
According to German media reports, German households and small businesses consume 40% of the total gas consumption. After the escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany and other Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia, and the supply of natural gas from Russia plummeted. Many European countries had to take measures to save themselves.
The outside world noticed that the day before (October 5, local time), the director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, warned in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, that even if Europe can pass the winter smoothly this year, if the situation does not change , European countries will be "more difficult" next winter. Birol said that after a winter of natural gas consumption, European countries are expected to have only 25% to 30% of their natural gas reserves left by February-March 2023.
"At that time, if the natural gas supply in Europe is still not effectively solved, next winter will be more difficult, and European countries will face a more severe energy situation."丨 Dong Yi
