It will not seem enough to Europe: in India, because of the heat, the power system is already "cracking"

A heat wave is coming to Europe and has already covered Asia. India is reporting record electricity consumption. Abnormal heat may lead to a jump in gas and oil consumption and competition between Europe and Asia for LNG while in storage The EU is not pumping enough gas already.

Europe will be covered by a wave of extreme heat. European meteorologists predict peaks up to +40 degrees Celsius.

So, in Spain they expect up to +38, in France — up to +31, and in the UK — up to +32.

"In the coming week, Europe will be covered by the first heat wave of this season, which in the UK, France and Spain will approach monthly records," writes Bloomberg.

According to forecasts of meteorological models and meteorologists, the high-temperature dome, which heats the air when compressed to the ground, will remain and raise the temperature by 11 degrees above normal.

"The unusual heat will intensify over the holiday weekend in the UK, and by Monday daytime highs in London and other parts of England will reach 33 degrees," the agency said.

Severe Weather expects that a "thermal dome" will be established over Europe.

"Until the beginning of next week, the warmest and anomalous air masses will be over Spain, Portugal, France, Benelux and the UK. It is expected that by the middle of next week they will gradually spread further north and east," the monitoring site writes.

The heat will provoke demand for energy resources, which will become an additional problem for the EU countries in conditions of weak replenishment of gas storage facilities and prices at the level of $ 600 per thousand cubic meters. Moreover, the region may face more active LNG competition with Asia, where the heat has already arrived.

So, in India, a record load on the power grid was recorded for four consecutive days.

"Due to the intense heat wave in the country, the demand for electricity has increased. Over the past four days, it has broken all previous records," the Indian Ministry of Energy said on Friday.

They cited information that on May 18, 19, 20 and 21, the power system recorded demand records. It has grown to 270 GW. Peak consumption is recorded from 14.00 to 16.00.

"The sharp increase in demand is most likely due to an increase in the use of refrigeration units," the country's Energy Ministry said.

If coal provides almost 63% of electricity generation in India and the country's companies cannot afford expensive gas, then in South Korea and Japan, where they are also waiting for the heat, may become more active with LNG purchases.

"Japan expects a hotter than usual summer, which may push the demand for LNG and coal to growth. LNG imports to Japan since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are about 20% below last year's levels. But hotter weather can change the situation," Bloomberg reporter Stephen Stapzhinsky writes in X.