Unlike other countries in Europe, the UK is in no way dependent on Russian gas supply. Our single largest source of gas is from the UK Continental Shelf and the vast majority of imports come from reliable suppliers such as Norway.
There are no gas pipelines directly linking the UK with Russia and imports from Russia made up less than 4% of total UK gas supply in 2021.
IMHO giving up the 4% of supply that came from Russia is more than worth it to help Ukraine. We should move to increasing the share of renewables we use, from the current 37%, and get rid of foreign energy dependencies once and for all.
Although the UK has some advantages e.g. an appreciable percentage of Europe's LNG capacity, pipeline infrastructure to Norway, and pre-existing contracts with suppliers from Kuwait and the US.
I'm totally ignorant of the energy production share by method in the UK, but I was convinced they are pretty much autonomous (to a 95%). Aren't they (you)?
"The UK imports around 50% of its gas from the international market and most homes in England and Wales are heated by mains gas supply. Gas is also used to fuel around a third of the UK's electricity generation, so rising gas prices will usually lead to rising electricity prices.
Norway is typically the UK's largest gas supplier. In 2021, the UK imported £14.5 billion of gas from Norway, which accounted for 77% of all gas imports (Figure 3). Other countries the UK imports gas from include Qatar, the United States and Russia. Almost half of the UK's gas exports in 2021 were to Ireland (47.2%), and the Netherlands was also a large export partner (28.2%)."
Unlike other countries in Europe, the UK is in no way dependent on Russian gas supply. Our single largest source of gas is from the UK Continental Shelf and the vast majority of imports come from reliable suppliers such as Norway.
There are no gas pipelines directly linking the UK with Russia and imports from Russia made up less than 4% of total UK gas supply in 2021.
IMHO giving up the 4% of supply that came from Russia is more than worth it to help Ukraine. We should move to increasing the share of renewables we use, from the current 37%, and get rid of foreign energy dependencies once and for all.
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