Ship&Offshore | Ausgabe 05/2022
Pandemic and war cast shadows of global energy supplies
Vessel shortage Economists are warning that major regions of the world are hurtling towards a full-blown energy crisis. Some governments in Europe are already introducing energy-saving regulations in the hope of avoiding a bleak winter in just a few months’ time. Even the spectre of short-time working has been mentioned by politicians in some of the continent’s largest economies. LNG, as a relatively clean hydrocarbon, was thought to offer a short-term option which would not derail the energy transition....