The state-owned German LNG terminal operator Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) has commissioned the 4.6 bcm/year Wilhelmshaven 2 LNG terminal in Germany. The project partners, ENGIE Deutschland and Tree Energy Solutions; and DET achieved the completion of the project in about 2.5 years, including planning and approval. The Wilhelmshaven 2 is equipped with a 277-meter long FSRU, the Excelsior, which plans to carry up to 1.9 bcm of natural gas into the German gas grid in 2025. In the coming two years, the vessel is expected to reach a regasification and grid feed-in capacity of up to 4.6 bcm each, enough to power 3.7 million homes.
German LNG terminals have a total capacity of 32 bcm/year end of 2024 and accounted for about 8% of total German gas imports in 2024. The LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven (Uniper, 7.5 bcm/year) was the first to start operations in December 2022. It was followed by Lubmin in January 2023 (Deutsche ReGas, 4.5 bcm/year), Brunsbüttel in March 2023 (RWE, 5 bcm/year); and two FSRUs (total capacity of 15 bcm/year) in September 2024 in Mukran (Deutsche ReGas). The Wilhelmshaven 2 represents DET’s third operational terminal in the country, after the Wilhelmshaven 1 and Brunsbüttel. A fourth terminal, the 13.3 bcm/year Stade LNG terminal is currently under development and is scheduled for completion in 2027.
According to preliminary data from the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), Germany imported 69 TWh of LNG in 2024, representing about 8% of the country’s total imports.
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