European Gas Supply & Demand

European gas market flexibility to decline in 2024

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January 23, 2024

The European gas market has traditionally benefitted from flexibility of supply and demand to balance the market. But market-balancing flexibility is on the wane in 2024, implying higher price volatility. This is one of the key messages from this recently published report …

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