Half of the office space in Uniper‘s headquarters in Germany has been shut down in an effort to save gas.

A Uniper spokesperson told the German local newspaper Rheinische Post that the company has switched off all devices and lamps in 50% of its office space in Duesseldorf, stopped cleaning and lowered the temperature to 14 degrees, the lowest it can be without causing damage to the building.

The report said temperatures would be lowered to 20 degrees in offices where people are still working.

Last month, the German Government announced its intention to nationalise the energy giant Uniper – the company owns and operates seven power stations across the UK.

ELN contacted Uniper for comment – the company did not respond before publication.