Germany’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal started
operations on Wednesday, one day ahead of schedule, according to
the country’s largest gas importer Uniper, Trend reports citing
Euronews.
A tanker loaded with around 165,000 cubic meters of LNG has
already docked at the new terminal days before. The LNG was “enough
to supply around 50,000 households for a year,” according to the
government, which had chartered the tanker.
Last Saturday, the LNG terminal at Wilhelmshaven was officially
opened by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This is “just the beginning,” he
said. Further terminals for the import of LNG on the country’s
North Sea and Baltic Sea coasts are to follow in the coming weeks
and months.
“The plan is to have an import capacity of over 30 billion cubic
meters of gas by the end of 2024, which is more than half the
volume of gas that flowed through the pipelines from Russia to
Germany last year,” according to the German government.
The LNG terminals are part of an extensive effort to secure
Germany’s supply amid the energy crisis. Measures include the
temporary return to coal-fired power plants as gas storage
facilities were filled up to full capacity before the winter.
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