Germany Nationalizes Biggest Gas Importer Uniper to Avert Collapse of Energy Sector

A person rides an escalator near the Uniper logo at the utility firm's headquarters in Duesseldorf, Germany, on July 8, 2022. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

Germany nationalized Uniper, its largest utility company and importer of natural gas, on Sept. 21, in a move to keep its domestic energy industry afloat and to avert a collapse of the energy sector.