The construction of the 8 bcm/year Brunsbüttel floating LNG terminal (FSRU) located in Schleswig-Holstein länder (northern Germany) will begin in September 2022. The project will be split into three phases, with separate facilities being commissioned between the end of 2022 and December 2023. The terminal will consist of an LNG regasification plant, two LNG tanks with a capacity of 165,000 m3 each, as well as and a jetty with two berths for LNG carriers and smaller LNG ships.
After the withdrawal of the FSRU in 2026, a 10 bcm/year onshore LNG import terminal is expected to be operational, and approvals are running in parallel to the work on the FSRU. In March 2022, the Dutch state-owned natural gas infrastructure and transportation company Gasunie signed a memorandum of understanding with the German state-owned investment and development bank KfW and RWE for the project. Gasunie will operate the plant, and KfW acquire a 50% stake in the project.
Earlier in July 2022, TotalEnergies and Deutsche ReGas signed an agreement for the installation and operation of a 5 bcm FSRU in the city of Lubmin. In May 2022, it was announced that Uniper would start building the 7.5 bcm Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal, the first in the country. Furthermore, also in May, Germany unveiled plans to charter four FSRUs (two by Uniper and two by RWE) with a total added import capacity of 25 to 29 bcm/year.
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