Why the gas energy crisis is not over yet

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Energy prices in the UK and around the world remain high with myriad risks ahead, but this winter could be the final act of the gas crisis, according to University of Warwick academics Michael Bradshaw and Louis Fletcher

Policy and luck have bought Europe a reprieve from the heights gas prices reached between the winters of 2022 and 2023, but prices are climbing again and the global gas market remains precariously balanced....

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