Berlin (Reuters) – After fierce resistance from municipalities and the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, government circles say the planned liquid gas terminal off Rügen will be smaller than planned.
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Instead of up to four ships, only two so-called floating LNG terminals are to be stationed at Mukran, the Federal Ministry of Economics said on Monday. The annual capacity will thus be reduced from 18 billion to around ten billion cubic meters of gas. The project has now been included in the LNG Acceleration Act. The aim is for the terminal to be available for supply in winter at the beginning of 2024. The ships are to be operated privately by Deutsche Regas, while RWE will withdraw from the project. It is assumed that the gas supply will then also be secured in the coming winter.
Floating terminals are already in operation at Wilhelmshaven, Brunsbüttel and Lubmin and helped prevent a gas emergency after Russian supplies stopped last winter. These are to be expanded by additional ships in Lubmin and Wilhelmshaven, and there will be another location in front of Stade. From 2026, three locations are to be replaced by permanent terminals, where the liquefied gas will not be converted back to the gas state on the special ships, but on land. You then also have a higher capacity.
However, the federal government has considered the project off Rügen to be necessary, especially with a view to the coming winter. Originally, LNG ships were also supposed to anchor off Sellin, which met with resistance, especially in Rügen’s tourism industry. According to the government circles, this is now being dispensed with. One of Deutsche Regas’ two liquid gas ships is also to be withdrawn from Lubmin and stationed off Mukran.
The cost of converting a large part of the natural gas supply to liquid gas is to be financed by the state with around ten billion euros. However, the federal government expects returns through fees for using the ships and lines.
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