Bangladesh is facing its worst electricity crisis since 2013, a Reuters analysis of government data shows, due to erratic weather and difficulty paying for fuel imports amid declining forex reserves and value of its currency.
Many factors are in play, but the basic fact is Europe needs to maintain its gas conservation efforts, keep importing large volumes of LNG and hope for clement weather. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 3]
France's fuel supplies have been disrupted by more than three weeks of strikes against the government's pension overhaul, with production halted at three of its seven refineries, reduced at two, and two others undergoing maintenance.