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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent

Is Europe’s energy crisis over? Falling gas prices conceal wider problems

The Reckrod gas storage plant near Eiterfeld, central Germany
The Reckrod gas storage plant near Eiterfeld, central Germany. European gas stores are at a record 59% full, despite the shift away from Russian supplies. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

Europe is leaving behind the winter months with gas storage facilities brimming at all-time highs. This abundance of gas has allowed wholesale market prices to tumble, and home energy bills to drift down towards levels last seen before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

So after years in the grip of crippling costs for home heating and power is Europe’s energy crisis over? Experts have cautioned that waning gas and electricity markets and falling bills belie a deeper economic hangover that could extend into the next decade.

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