The EU wants to create a joint European gas purchase platform — Luxembourg ready to participate

Yesterday, on October 25, the Council of EU Energy Ministers was held. They’ve discussed, among other things, a potential joint European gas purchase platform. Luxembourg Minister of Energy Claude Thurmet supported the creation of such a platform: “It will allow us to better coordinate our purchases. It needs to be put into work as quickly as possible and we must ensure sufficient aggregate demand. Luxembourg is ready to take part in this”.

The council also discussed the use of hydrogen and hydrogen energy in the region. Luxembourg advocated for it: hydrogen will help to reduce dependence on harmful fossil fuels in sectors where it’s not rational to use electricity. For example, in heavy industry, sea and air transport.

Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Spain and Portugal advocated for using strictly «green» hydrogen. A mixture of hydrogen and natural gas has a negative impact on nature. In addition, the creation of such mixtures makes it necessary to support the fossil fuel industry.