European people are on the maximum air conditioner when the hot weather is recorded, leading to the amount of gas needed to produce electricity.

Europe is holding their breath waiting for a comprehensive burning crisis this weekend, in the context of an unprecedented heat wave of many areas in the continent into a fire pan, increasing the demand for electricity to do to do it.

On July 21, Nord Stream 1, arterial pipe transporting gas from Russia to Europe, expected to reopen according to the plan, after 10 days of stopping for regular maintenance as notified from the Russian side.

The electronic board on a bus in Madrid, Spain, shows outdoor temperatures up to 49 degrees Celsius on July 15.

But Europe is increasingly concerned about the Russian script continued to lock the gas tap after this time, in response to the European Union's sanctions.

German Economic Minister Robert Habeck earlier the month said Berlin had to prepare for the worst because everything could happen.

Nord Stream 1 provides 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year for Europe, accounting for about 40% of the total import of blocks from Russia.

According to experts, Europe cannot exclude the script of Russian gas that is completely shut down after the maintenance period of Nord Stream 1. German gas distributor Uniper on July 18 confirmed that they had received a letter from Gazprom.

Terms of force majeure can help Gazprom be exempted from responsibility when not fulfilling its obligations in the contract.

However, a Uniper spokesman said they did not accept Gazprom force majeure terms.

If Russia actually continues to lock the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after maintenance, Europe will face a gas crisis at the worst time, observers.

Europe is experiencing record hot days.

Firefighters stood in front of a forest fire near Landiras, the Southwest France on July 17.

High temperature has promoted the demand for electricity to run air conditioning and cooling devices.

Natural gas demand for electricity production increased strongly due to high temperatures because of the heat, Enagas announced last week.

Financial Times quoted a draft resolution of the European Commission (EC) that this bloc will require member countries to immediately cut gas consumption to avoid the script of lack of fuel in the winter.

The current heat wave in Europe is forecast to end in the middle of the week, but it has promptly attacked Europe's efforts to save gas, in the context of the continent that is racing with time to find supply supply.

According to European burning infrastructure, the gas reserve across the EU is currently about 64%, but the effort to fill the warehouse is difficult due to the high energy price and the scarcity of the gas from Russia.

The next few months will be a very important stage to strengthen the supply of the block, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.