Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal
Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal is Germany's first
The terminal was opened on 17 December 2022 with 165 thousand cubic metres (5.8 million cubic feet) of LNG imported from Sagunto[1][2] following completion of construction in November 2022.[3]
The terminal received its commissioning load of LNG in December 2022,[4] slightly ahead of schedule which had been January 2023.[5][6]
History
Planning began for the LNG shipping terminal as early as 2017,[7] but
As a result, construction of the Wilhemshaven terminal to receive LNG operationally did not begin until 2022.
Unusually,
The first load of 170,000 cubic metres (6.0 million cubic feet) of LNG, producing 97 million cubic metres (3.4 billion cubic feet) of natural gas – sufficient to supply 50,000 German households for a year, arrived at the Wilhelmshaven terminal in mid-December to initiate the commissioning process of the terminal. The shipment of US natural gas had been loaded at the
Description
The Wilhemshaven terminal will be sized initially to receive approximately 80 tankers a year, which could substitute up to half of the gas imports that the German energy company
As of August 2022[update], the German government has leased
See also
References
- ^ "Germany's Wilhelmshaven FSRU terminal gets another US LNG cargo". LNGPrime. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
Prior to arriving in Wilhelmshaven, the FSRU took a cargo in Spain at the Saggas regasification plant in Sagunto operated by Enagas
- ^ "Erstes LNG-Terminal in Deutschland eröffnet" [First LNG-Terminal opened in Germany]. Zeit Online (in German). 17 December 2022. Archived from the original on 17 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
In Wilhelmshaven ist Deutschlands erstes Importterminal für Flüssigerdgas (LNG) eröffnet worden. [...] 'Der 17. Dezember 2022 ist ein wirklich guter Tag für unser Land. Denn mit dem heutigen Tag werden Deutschland und die EU ein großes Stück sicherer und unabhängiger', sagte [Bundeskanzler Olaf] Scholz.
- ^ Eckert, Vera (15 November 2022). "Germany completes Wilhelmshaven floating LNG terminal, more to come". Reuters. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ^ a b Germany Welcomes First LNG Carrier At New Wilhelmshaven Terminal, OilPrice.com, 3 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Oltermann, Philip (19 August 2022). "'We got too comfortable': the race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Gehrke, Laurenz (27 February 2022). "Germany to upgrade two ports 'quickly' to receive shipped gas". Politico. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Zeitung: LNG-Terminal in Wilhelmshaven wieder in Planung". Gas-Magazin (in German). Berlin. 20 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ a b Deutsche Welle (27 February 2020). "German LNG terminal plans and environmentalists". Market Express. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Germany to fast-track two new LNG terminals". Tank Storage Magazine. 28 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Germany says fifth floating LNG terminal to be built by end of 2022". Reuters. 19 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Germany to sign LNG contracts in UAE, German economy minister says". Reuters. 19 September 2022. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Germany opens its 2nd liquefied natural gas terminal, ABC News, 14 January 2023.
- ^ Third floating LNG terminal arrives in northern Germany, DW–South Africa, 20 January 2023.
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