Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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I put it down to struggling logistics. As the deployed troop numbers go up, logistics become more difficult to manage (more ammo, more food etc.), so they've started to take shortcuts by concentrating troops and ammo.
Le gaz en Europe vaut cinq fois moins cher qu’en août
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Gas in Europe is five times cheaper than in August
The wholesale price of natural gas in Europe has fallen to its lowest level since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The benchmark price - the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) - was hovering around €73 on Monday 2 January, down almost 50% in a month and well down from its summer peak of €342 in August 2022.
Gas prices had started to rise before the war in Ukraine, but they really started to jump from 24 February 2022. The closure of several gas pipelines between Russia and Europe, until then its main customer, mechanically pushed them up.
Gazprom's gas exports to the European Union (EU) and Switzerland fell by 55% in 2022, the Russian group announced on Monday. The company has delivered 62 billion cubic metres to Europe in 2022, compared with 138 billion in 2021, according to an estimate by Thierry Bros, an energy market analyst and teacher at Sciences Po.
Why are prices falling today?
Prices are falling because Europe has filled its reserves to the brim in the summer of 2022; secondly, because the autumn has been very mild; and thirdly, because households and companies have voluntarily reduced their consumption.
There is therefore less need to buy gas. Also, on Monday, European gas stocks were 83.3% full; in France they are 84% full, in Germany 90%, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.
The price of gas is reflected in the price of electricity, as many European power stations burn gas to produce electricity. In France, the price of wholesale electricity for delivery in 2023, which had exceeded €1,000 per megawatt-hour at the end of August 2022, fell to €240 on Friday, the lowest since April 2022.
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Gas in Europe is five times cheaper than in August
The wholesale price of natural gas in Europe has fallen to its lowest level since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The benchmark price - the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) - was hovering around €73 on Monday 2 January, down almost 50% in a month and well down from its summer peak of €342 in August 2022.
Gas prices had started to rise before the war in Ukraine, but they really started to jump from 24 February 2022. The closure of several gas pipelines between Russia and Europe, until then its main customer, mechanically pushed them up.
Gazprom's gas exports to the European Union (EU) and Switzerland fell by 55% in 2022, the Russian group announced on Monday. The company has delivered 62 billion cubic metres to Europe in 2022, compared with 138 billion in 2021, according to an estimate by Thierry Bros, an energy market analyst and teacher at Sciences Po.
Why are prices falling today?
Prices are falling because Europe has filled its reserves to the brim in the summer of 2022; secondly, because the autumn has been very mild; and thirdly, because households and companies have voluntarily reduced their consumption.
There is therefore less need to buy gas. Also, on Monday, European gas stocks were 83.3% full; in France they are 84% full, in Germany 90%, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.
The price of gas is reflected in the price of electricity, as many European power stations burn gas to produce electricity. In France, the price of wholesale electricity for delivery in 2023, which had exceeded €1,000 per megawatt-hour at the end of August 2022, fell to €240 on Friday, the lowest since April 2022.
600 people in one building near contact line , with ammunitions below . What could have gone wrong . Instead of KIA , they should release number of missing people , given the state of building its not possible to find bodies .
Our nuclear power plants will not all be ready in just one year. The long term decision to halt nearly half of our nuc plants, decided under Holland presidence and agreed by first Macron one will not be erased in just one year. It will takes at least two years. So next winter will be a dangerous zone. Mainly for Germany, I agree, but also for us.It's a problem for EUROPE (read Germany) France will have its nuclear power plant ready, gas accounts for only 16% of our energy consumption compared to 40% in Germany. And it comes mainly from Africa and the Middle East where we have long-term contracts.
I just hope France to leave the european energy price agrement, as Spain and Portugal, but Macron is probably far too european blind to decide this.
For my house I was paying €232.72 per month for electricity, I have just received my new payment schedule and it is €158.40 per month.
Russian snipers began to use in Ukraine, the longest-range rifle in the world SVLK-14S "Dusk". The Russian Lobaev rifle with a caliber of 10.3 × 77 mm allows accurate shooting at a distance of up to 4210 meters, the shot was fired to set a world record. The weapon weighs almost 10 kg and has a length of 1570 mm. The price of the rifle in the basic configuration is $ 27,000.
Footage of a combat sortie of Russian Mi-28 helicopters in Ukraine. During the sortie, helicopters hit a stronghold of the Ukrainian army and an armored car.
The calculation of the Russian S-300V air defense system spoke about their combat vehicle and the targets that they managed to shoot down in Ukraine. The video shows an early version of the S-300V air defense system, the 9A82 launcher, which was put into service as part of the S-300V complex in 1988. The number of these installations released is more than 1200.
The United States will transfer one Patriot MIM-104B air defense system to Ukraine. There are currently two modifications of the Patriot in service with the American Armed Forces: the PAC-2 and the updated PAC-3, most likely the PAC-2 version will be transferred. Training for the calculation of the Patriot air defense system takes 6 months, but it will be accelerated in Germany in a few weeks. The air defense system was put into service in 1982, in terms of the range of destruction, and the version of the PAC-2 missiles has 160 kilometers, the air defense system can be attributed to the medium-range complex. It is assumed that the air defense system will protect against UAVs and cruise missiles, most likely it will be installed deep in the rear. The experience of using the air defense system showed that the complex had problems with the defeat of the UAV, which manifested itself in Saudi Arabia, but this is a topic for a separate discussion, it is worth noting that the air defense system is designed primarily to destroy aircraft and missiles. The air defense system has a minimum target interception altitude of 60 meters, the minimum flight altitude of Caliber missiles is 20 meters, and the flight altitude of Geran-2 drones is also 60 meters. The maximum radar target identification range is 35-50 km at a target flight altitude of 50-100 meters, high-altitude targets are detected at a distance of up to 180 kilometers. The strength of the air defense system is the control system that ensures the use of the Patriot air defense system together with airborne early warning and guidance aircraft of the AWACS type. In such a situation, the Patriot can be in complete radar silence until the very last moment - until it receives target designation from AWACS. The anti-aircraft battery of the Patriot air defense system consists of 4 or 8 launchers, depending on the modification, with 4 missiles on each. On tests of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system in 1997. The probability of hitting an aircraft with one missile was 80-90%, tactical missiles - from 60 to 80%, the PAC-2 version has a probability of 30-40%. The maximum target interception range is up to 160 km, with a maximum altitude of up to 24 km. The minimum interception range is 3 km, the minimum interception height is 60 meters. The cost of one battery of the Patriot air defense system is from 500 million to a billion dollars, the cost of missiles is from 2 to 4 million dollars per 1 piece. SAM is in service with many countries.
Footage of a combat sortie of Russian Mi-28 helicopters in Ukraine. During the sortie, helicopters hit a stronghold of the Ukrainian army and an armored car.
The calculation of the Russian S-300V air defense system spoke about their combat vehicle and the targets that they managed to shoot down in Ukraine. The video shows an early version of the S-300V air defense system, the 9A82 launcher, which was put into service as part of the S-300V complex in 1988. The number of these installations released is more than 1200.
The United States will transfer one Patriot MIM-104B air defense system to Ukraine. There are currently two modifications of the Patriot in service with the American Armed Forces: the PAC-2 and the updated PAC-3, most likely the PAC-2 version will be transferred. Training for the calculation of the Patriot air defense system takes 6 months, but it will be accelerated in Germany in a few weeks. The air defense system was put into service in 1982, in terms of the range of destruction, and the version of the PAC-2 missiles has 160 kilometers, the air defense system can be attributed to the medium-range complex. It is assumed that the air defense system will protect against UAVs and cruise missiles, most likely it will be installed deep in the rear. The experience of using the air defense system showed that the complex had problems with the defeat of the UAV, which manifested itself in Saudi Arabia, but this is a topic for a separate discussion, it is worth noting that the air defense system is designed primarily to destroy aircraft and missiles. The air defense system has a minimum target interception altitude of 60 meters, the minimum flight altitude of Caliber missiles is 20 meters, and the flight altitude of Geran-2 drones is also 60 meters. The maximum radar target identification range is 35-50 km at a target flight altitude of 50-100 meters, high-altitude targets are detected at a distance of up to 180 kilometers. The strength of the air defense system is the control system that ensures the use of the Patriot air defense system together with airborne early warning and guidance aircraft of the AWACS type. In such a situation, the Patriot can be in complete radar silence until the very last moment - until it receives target designation from AWACS. The anti-aircraft battery of the Patriot air defense system consists of 4 or 8 launchers, depending on the modification, with 4 missiles on each. On tests of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system in 1997. The probability of hitting an aircraft with one missile was 80-90%, tactical missiles - from 60 to 80%, the PAC-2 version has a probability of 30-40%. The maximum target interception range is up to 160 km, with a maximum altitude of up to 24 km. The minimum interception range is 3 km, the minimum interception height is 60 meters. The cost of one battery of the Patriot air defense system is from 500 million to a billion dollars, the cost of missiles is from 2 to 4 million dollars per 1 piece. SAM is in service with many countries.
You moved from a house to a tiny house ?For my house I was paying €232.72 per month for electricity, I have just received my new payment schedule and it is €158.40 per month.
yup, it can decrease only with decrease in consumption. given that prices have increased by atleast 5%, consumption will have to be lowered.You moved from a house to a tiny house ?
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Nucléaire, ça redémarre enfin !
Nuclear power, it's finally starting up again!
This Monday, 41 reactors are running and EDF promises that they will be 45 in a week and 47 at the end of the month - out of 56.
The French nuclear park, after an annus horribilis, is slowly recovering.
This Monday afternoon, EDF indicated to the "Echos" that 41 reactors out of the total of 56 are in working order and in operation. According to the forecasts of the electric company, this figure will go up: they will be 45 on January 10th and 47 at the end of the month - it is the balance between restarts and stops for maintenance. The progress made is obviously real since the summer and autumn, when only half the fleet was running.
It depends on the contract you have, the price that is on your graph is an average price that takes into account all the suppliers including those who did not produce anything and who only took advantage of the European laws that obliged EDF to sell them nuclear electricity at a low price, the constraint being to complete the necessary volumes by purchases on the spot markets. The prices of the latter purchases have exploded and several of these parasites have gone bankrupt...
But yes I have indeed reduced my consumption, I no longer leave the lights on all the time even when I am not there for example and I have set my heat pumps so that they do not run at peak times. The government has asked the French to reduce their consumption, and France has voluntarily achieved a 9% reduction.
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