With gas reserves unusually thin for this point in the year, Europe heads into winter bracing for higher energy bills, analysts have said. Benchmark European gas prices pushed toward a four-year high of 75 euros ($87) per megawatt hour last week and hovered around 73 euros on Monday.

As of September 5, Europe’s underground gas storage facilities were 66.59% full

Die Gaspreise in Deutschland steigen, die Speicher sind ungewöhnlich leer kurz vor der Heizperiode. Die Regierung sieht keine akute Gasmangellage.