Gasag boss Georg Friedrichs
Completely disconnected: Berlin is now heating up without Putin’s gas
11/25/2025 – 02:10Reading time: 1 minute.
Berlin’s largest private energy supplier has said goodbye to Russian gas. Where does energy come from now – and what impact it will have on winter.
Before Russia’s attack on Ukraine, more than half of Berlin’s gas came from Russian pipelines. That’s over now. “Basically you can say that we no longer sell Russian gas,” Georg Friedrichs, head of Berlin’s largest private energy supplier Gasag, told “Tagesspiegel”.
Other suppliers have replaced Russian gas. Norway’s share has risen to 30 to 40 percent, Friedrichs said. Much of it is also piped to Germany in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via Western European pipeline networks – mainly from North America. About five percent is produced in Germany itself.
Boss Gasag also drew positive conclusions regarding the controversial LNG terminals built in Germany after the start of the war: “They are functional and create relative independence for Germany from pipeline imports. This has calmed the market.”
Looking forward to next winter, Friedrichs is confident. German gas storage facilities are more than 70 percent full. This amount is slightly less than in previous years, but sufficient. “If the relevant infrastructure is not damaged, Germany will get through the winter well,” he said.
Gasag, founded in 1847, is Berlin’s largest private energy supplier and supplies environmentally friendly gas and electricity to the capital. The company is owned by the Engie (France), Vattenfall (Sweden) and E.ON groups and employs more than 1,700 people.
