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a possible future for commercial transport. hello and welcome to the show. i'm 7 beers, the in berlin. it's good to have you with us temperatures. our crew are cooling across europe, setting the continent in a race against time. utilities are rushing to forge new long term gas delivery contracts, and build critical infrastructure. now that russia has slash pipeline exports to the e u. germany, like many of its neighbors, is turning to shipments of liquefied natural gas or l. n. g. to feel much of the need on tuesday, it's efforts took another step forward. construction on a new 40 kilometer pipeline is set to begin at this facility. and lube mean this pipeline will be in the middle of the baltic sea. it's a key piece of infrastructure to get elegy off of ships via future terminal and sent to the rest of germany. lube mean will be germany 2nd, ellen g terminal. it's 1st is in vill helms hoffen. it's anticipated to go online

this winter. the project will open the doors for liquefied natural gas to be delivered through existing networks. germany's climate, an economy minister, robert high back toward the site, which is expected to start delivering about 4500000000 cubic meters of gas per year starting in 2023. it was a is gospel unless the aim is to get gas elsewhere. and then to import it into the country. this import is what is germany's biggest problem. as mentioned, we have the possibility to buy gas, but we don't have the infrastructure to import it responsibly apart from lube mean and nordstrom one, we are working at high pressure to create this infrastructure so that we can import this gas homecoming. finding new sources of gas is critical to the german economy. that's because there's currently no gas flowing through the nord stream, one pipeline, which once carried 59000000000 cubic meters of gas to europe each year. from

alice glory if everything works well. and if germany can manage to live frugally, and if we are lucky with the weather, we have the chance to get through winter when i'm only gonna show something i would not have said just a few months ago. we have a chance isms. chancellor, olaf, shoulds is expected to sign contracts for liquefied natural gas during his visit to the united arab emirates this weekend. i coloma is with the energy information service enter gate. he focuses on natural gas. i go, thanks for coming on to the show. i want to begin today with the news that german gas reserves have reached more than 90 percent full. how important is that milestone for getting this country through the winter? it's of course important that we have enough yes, a source, but of course it's not the whole story. it makes it a bit more confident that we can weather in particular times of weather. but

nevertheless, we need it will be important to have 1st energy from the beginning of next year and it will be important that safe? yes. yes. over the winter in particular, when becomes a code or what? ok, we just heard a little bit about this l. n. g terminal construction, beginning on it's on the, on the, on the baltic sea. but are utilities here in closer to signing deals for regular l n. g deliveries, right now they've just been buying on the spot market. yeah, i think that of course, but the critical issue is there have been some medium term contracts, smaller contracts that have recently be signed, you know, to sign a contract or e sign the contract. that means the bid is going on. but what will be happening over the winter that the company is a promising that the gas will deliver gas from their existing portfolio? and what i want to be honest, i'm

a little bit scared. that was part of will happen, that it will shift simply there. it is from china's and belgium, a may, will not help really are the balance. utilities in germany are in negotiations with carter, for example, about l n. g deliveries is any deal likely to be in germany's favor if carter has been insisting on long term agreements. i think 25 years has been the talk, at least at the beginning. yeah. and so i think, i think that's one of the groups of one of the truth issues that's for germany, utilities. duration of 20 to 25 years will, will be hard to follow because basically judy will face all natural gas and that not really fit with these no kind of long term contracts. we really have to see how this will at the end of the day was that that will be balanced. that's one word to mister shaw, who is going now to the guy i wrote down to saudi arabia capital this weekend at

the end of the day. as is that the utilities have to sign contracts, i've seen give political politics. mason court will not at the end of the day signed contracts. it's also been said that of course energy savings will play a major role in getting the country through the winter from your perspective, or households and businesses poise to cut back enough in the amount needed for this winter. again, it depends on the, on the weather. i think what you see already is some, some decent reduction in the month part is simply the more distraction you to do. we got to come part us switching to other fuels. also the difficult to see, but intrinsically very, very high prices should give incentives to say, guess far also whether it will be enough or not. all right,

high coloma focuses on natural gas for the information service enter gate. thank you. okay, thank you very much. let's go now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. german retailers are concerned about supply problems. that's according to a survey by the ego institute. in august, nearly 78 percent said they had supply issues and that there was no sign that they were getting any better before christmas. the crunches hitting sellers of bikes, household appliances, and consumer electronics. in particular, german headline, inflation is poised to search even higher after producer prices in europe. biggest economy rose in august at their strongest rate since the beginning of records of those records. producer prices of industrial products increased by nearly 46 percent on the same month last year, driven mainly by soaring energy prices. i guess you on mosque said his darling satellite internet provider will seek permission to provide internet service to i ran business with the country is currently limited under international sanctions.

mosques announcement comes as i ran, faces political unrest and widespread internet disruptions after woman died. while in the custody of iran's religious lease, the u. s. will double the amount of flights between its cities and cuba in the coming months. the new flights are likely to begin in mid december. american airways and jet blue have been tapped to lead the expanded coverage. families and households around the world are bringing their hands about those skyrocketing energy bills. but for one woman in japan, it's not a concern. she lives off grid independent from the usual supply of gas or electricity. take a look on sunny days like this one, it takes about an hour. the fish fillet is called completely by sun without gas or electricity. the rice that she will enjoy alongside it goes on the solar stove from her balcony in the capital of tokyo chak,

fuji prepares whatever she wants it or take up thing. and i chose this lifestyle because of the earthquake in 2011th. and i did go on shortly after the earthquake. there were power outages here a few times on the, on the pipe. all of a sudden the power was just gone dead and the way up by today. so i thought i should take care of the power supply myself on and had a solar panel put up here. and what i must fuji hasn't paid an electricity bill in 10 years. on a sunny day, the solar panels in the balcony generate around a 1000 wants. when it rained, she puts on wheels. 10 minutes in the morning is enough. she explains the self generated energy stored in batteries. the tireless self supporter also has very practical ecological solutions for laundry there. okay. and i there are water soluble detergents that are environmentally friendly to pursue. uh huh. i wash my laundry only by hand and spin it sort of this year i developed

a new technique. i spin small clothes like socks and underwear with a big sound spinner if she has something to so that's not a problem either. even that can be done without electricity with a little physical effort. so things might get more difficult as she age is. she says the self sufficient 62 year old is happy with her sustainable lifestyle. it's gonna take a lot more. spins on the bike to charge one of these. a battery powered semi truck now on display an over germany. of course, a charging station is actually what's necessary, and that's part of the problem for the greening of commercial fleets. the infrastructure often isn't there, at least the scale required. here's a look from this weeks. i am transportation fair. these rigs were supposed to be the future of freight transport on the road, electric trucks running on green energy, timed or is batting big and electric and has unveiled a world 1st. the prototype of the e actress long whole with

a range of 500 kilometers. but so far the actress falls short of a diesel truck. there aren't enough charging stations, we need more public infrastructure as well that we really speed up the transition. we are working in a joint venture to build some charging stations, but we need many more initiatives. and others that take responsibility to build more infrastructure. bavarian quadrant truck runs on hydrogen powered fuel cells. the heavy truck can travel up to 1500 kilometers on a single charge. this makes hydrogen the better solution for long distances says quantum boss, michael parker. ah, list each musser stove i mostly hydrogen is easier to transport in store. this is more of an issue with electricity. the globe also we believe the hydrogen infrastructure for our trucks can be developed more quickly on the fly in challenging topographical and climactic conditions. we seem better continuous

performance with hydrogen device on hub for shorter distances and city traffic manufacturers prefer a battery powered vehicles like forward with its e transit custom. it can travel 380 kilometers without charging, which is enough for the target group of tradesmen and delivery services. dorsey shaquanda, the average customer drives 80 kilometers a day, whether certainly some who really drive long distances every day. we found a majority of customers cover less than a 100 kilometers. that's where we're well positioned with our e transit customers. and then they would also stay buying new electric vehicles is associated with high costs. logistics and automotive experts are seeking government support. then mon, via if you really want io to free transport, you have to pay for it. so it's more expensive than diesel isn't. so politicians need to think about what regulations they put in place without regulations. this thing is just going to hit a wall, don't assist in getting new. and so far,

diamond has claimed its 1st success amazon plans to test the e actress long haul in real world operations starting in 2023. it could be ready for serial production in 2024 at the earliest. that's it for now. we'll be back in the coming hours with more in the meantime. check us on a line d, w dot com slash business. no doubt. the next flood is coming from blue. but have we learned from past disasters? scientists say no. what dangers have we been ignoring and are their solutions? how can people protect themselves in the future? tomorrow to day. next on d w. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list.

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