One year after Russia invaded Ukraine, analysts think Putin's aggression may have sped up Europe's energy transition. How's that?

Credits:
Reporter: Ajit Niranjan
Video Editor: Nils Reinecke
Supervising editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann

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Read more:

European Commission data on imports of Russian fuel:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statist...

The International Energy Agency's 10-point plan to cut demand for Russian gas: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/ass...

The IEA's guide to avoid gas shortages in 2023:
https://www.iea.org/reports/how-to-av...

EMBER's review of European electricity:
https://ember-climate.org/insights/re...

The IEEFA's analysis of European LNG:
https://ieefa.org/articles/over-half-...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:50 Eggs & baskets
02:20 Back to coal?
04:27 Renewables push
05:38 Humble heat pumps
07:23 Use less?
09:15 Future
10:47 Conclusion