Europe’s Heatwave Is Hitting Refineries And Power Supplies
Extreme heat and drought are beginning to impair Europe’s energy system. Refineries are losing cooling efficiency, river levels are forcing cuts to nuclear generation, hydroelectric output is falling and inland fuel transport is becoming more expensive as barges carry smaller cargoes. Temperatures a
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
The article offers no operational detail on which refineries are affected, by how much capacity, or for how long — just the claim that heat is constraining operations. Without baseline capacity figures, throughput losses, or duration estimates, this is meteorology masquerading as energy reporting. Meanwhile WTI is down 11.63% on the week to $74.64 despite the Hormuz closure — which tells you more about demand destruction than any European refinery outage ever could.