IMF - Germany’s economic performance was strong in 2017, underpinned by solid domestic demand and a rebound in exports in the second half of the year. Despite a slowdown in public consumption due to the stabilization of refugee-related expenditures, real GDP grew by 2.5 percent.

ГАЗПРОМ - На встрече был отмечен продолжающийся рост экспорта российского газа в Германию. По предварительным данным с 1 января по 19 июня 2018 года «Газпром» поставил в республику 28,2 млрд куб. м газа, на 13,1% больше по сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2017 года.

REUTERS - A consortium of western companies and Russia’s Gazprom that is due to build the controversial subsea Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany said on Tuesday it was starting preparatory work in the Greifswald bay off Germany’s Baltic coast.

IEA - Dr Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency’s Executive Director, met Monday with Peter Altmaier, Germany’s Minister of Economy and Energy. The bilateral meeting focused on the IEA’s role in the global clean energy transition thanks to its expertise across all fuels and energy technologies, as well as energy efficiency.

PLATTS - Germany's total primary energy consumption for 2017 is forecast to rise by 0.8%, mainly due to strong economic growth, with oil and gas further boosting their market share to 58.3% of the energy mix, German research group AG Energiebilanzen (AGEB) said Thursday.

ГАЗПРОМ - через приемный терминал «Грайфсвальд» по газопроводу «Северный поток» из России в Германию поставлен 200-миллиардный кубометр газа.

Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, looks set to deepen his already close ties with the Russian energy sector, after he was nominated as an independent director to the board of state-controlled oil company Rosneft.

Russia's Gazprom will soon be able to bid for up to 12.8 Bcm/year of extra capacity in Germany's 36.5 Bcm/year Opal natural gas pipeline after an EU court lifted a temporary ban late Friday.

Germany raised the proportion of its power produced by renewable energy to 35 percent in the first half of 2017 from 33 percent the previous year, according to the BEE renewable energy association.

В 2016 году «Газпром» поставил на немецкий рынок рекордный объем газа — 49,8 млрд куб. м. В начале 2017 года спрос продолжает уверенно расти. В январе объем экспорта увеличился на 23,2%, а с 1 по 15 февраля — на 37% по сравнению с аналогичными периодами прошлого года.