Say - isn't "less than a year" kind of AFTER the winter of 2022-23?
Somebody's nuggets gonna get frosted this winter in the ol' Deutschland...
No doubt there will be diffucult problems during this transition. But it has to be borne, as removing the dependency on Russia is an absolute strategic necessity.
“AFTER the winter of 2022-23”
Technically, article said 2 online by end of this year and other 2 online in early 2023.
Germany needs to fill their gas storage over the coming months. Gazprom left storage empty heading into this past winter. Which is why German Gov. took over Gazprom storage operations.
“Gazprom had left its German gas storage facility largely empty ahead of last winter. An aide to Mr. Scholz said Berlin had begun contemplating taking over the facility because it suspected the empty tanks were designed to give Mr. Putin extra diplomatic leverage as he prepared to attack Ukraine.”