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EXPLAINER: What’s next for Europe’s natural gas during war?

Solar panels are installed at a floating photovoltaic plant on a lake in Haltern, Germany, Friday, April 1, 2022. Once completed, around 5,800 photovoltaic modules will produce around 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, saving 1,100 tons of CO2 to fight climate change with renewable power instead of oil, gas and coal. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Solar panels are installed at a floating photovoltaic plant on a lake in Haltern, Germany, Friday, April 1, 2022. Once completed, around 5,800 photovoltaic modules will produce around 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, saving 1,100 tons of CO2 to fight climate change with renewable power instead of oil, gas and coal. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 1, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) Steam leaves a cooling tower of the Lichterfelde gas-fired power plant in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Germany and Austria have activated early warning plans amid concerns that Moscow could cut natural gas deliveries. Together with France, they also urged consumers to conserve energy. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) RheinEnergie's Niehl combined heat and power plant in the Niehl district of Cologne, which is fired with natural gas, supplies central Cologne with district heating, among other things in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, March 31, 2022. The German government said Wednesday it was triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off supplies unless it is paid in rubles. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) RheinEnergie's Niehl combined heat and power plant in the Niehl district of Cologne, which is fired with natural gas, supplies central Cologne with district heating, among other things in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, March 31, 2022. The German government said Wednesday it was triggering the early warning level for gas supplies amid concerns that Russia could cut off supplies unless it is paid in rubles. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) A bus passes by the Adlershof gas-fired power plant, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Germany and Austria have activated early warning plans amid concerns that Moscow could cut natural gas deliveries. Together with France, they also urged consumers to conserve energy. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)