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Federal government wants to build more LNG terminals in Stade and Lubmin

2022-07-19T15:53:01.818Z


With LNG terminals, Germany wants to become less dependent on Russian gas. Two more locations have now been determined.


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LNG tanker off the island of Malta

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The federal government has decided on further locations for floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.

The third terminal goes to Stade near Hamburg and the fourth to Lubmin in Western Pomerania, the Ministry of Economic Affairs announced.

Two ships are already available this year and are to be used at the turn of the year in Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea and Brunsbüttel on the mouth of the Elbe.

Additional imports of LNG play an important role in making Germany less dependent on Russian gas.

LNG is refrigerated under pressure, transported in liquid form by ship, landed, heated, regasified and then pumped into the grids.

According to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Stade location is expected to be available from the end of 2023.

According to the operator, the facility at sea off Lubmin will not be available until the end of 2023 at the earliest.

A private consortium will also build a fifth floating terminal in Lubmin by the end of 2022.

"We have to build a new infrastructure as quickly as possible in order to be able to replace Russian gas as quickly as possible," said Economics Minister Robert Habeck (The Greens).

»It is therefore very good news that, in addition to the four federal ships, there is now a fifth private regasification ship.

This allows us to increase the amount that can be landed again and thus improve the supply situation.«

The traffic light coalition had passed a law to speed up the process of building LNG infrastructure.

"Now it's a matter of implementation on site," said Habeck.

'And it's clear that everyone is committed to making things happen as quickly as possible.

It is clear that it is not easy.

There are many things to be done at the same time and hurdles are increasing.

Ultimately, we have to set a pace that has never been seen before in Germany.«

Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies had already expected the decision on Stade, but asked the federal government to speed things up.

Now he spoke of a "good and correct decision" in Berlin.

On July 1, the energy group Uniper received approval for the construction work on the first floating terminal in Wilhemshaven.

According to the company, it took just under a month to apply for the relevant project phase - significantly less than is usual for such projects.

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Source: spiegel

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