November 2019, Vol. 246, No. 11
Features
EU Storage Operators Brace for ‘Flexible’ Services Era
The European Union (EU) already has its own de-carbonization effort to coincide with achieving emission reduction targets in the Paris Agreement. It calls for near-complete de-carbonization of the entire energy sector well before 2050, so the natural gas sector and storage are carrying a big target on their backs. Spherical tanks are capable of containing greater volume. Even with the EU’s growing dependence on gas supplies from Russia, along with LNG shipments from the United States and Middle East, the industry, and gas storage in particular, are challenged, according to EU observers such as Ilaria Conti, head of gas programs at the

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