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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Jan Lopatka

Lights off, heat down: central Europe governments save power to set example

FILE PHOTO: Cars make their way along the 17th of June Street as the Victory Column shows a reduced lighting to save energy due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Berlin, Germany August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Turning off lights, lowering thermostats and installing motion detectors are among the ways central European governments have begun energy saving, as part of efforts to trim costs and avoid shortages in the incoming heating season to address cuts in gas supplies from Russia.

Central Europe is vulnerable to the standoff with Russia, with some countries still dependent on Russian gas and all facing surging electricity prices across the continent.

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