Summer nights in the wealthy Bavarian city of Augsburg this year are eerily dark and quiet: The facades of historic buildings are not illuminated, street lights are dimmed and most of the fountains are not operating. Augsburg is among many cities around Germany to have rolled out a raft of energy savings measures since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which sent oil and gas prices soaring and sparked a cost of living crisis. read more Around Europe, countries are looking for ways to cut energy consumption and fill up their gas stores in response to lower Russian gas deliveries and in preparation for a possible total cut-off. read more Germany, as one […]