A fifth floating terminal is to be added to the four planned floating LNG receiving terminals in Germany. It will be built by a consortium of private companies and will be located at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline’s outlet.
New floating LNG terminal
The small town of Lubmin, on the very shores of the Baltic Sea, is to become home to the fifth floating LNG terminal to be built in Germany in the next year and a half. This will be the second terminal for Lubmin itself, the first being planned by the federal government. However, it will be built by a consortium of private companies, which plans to put it into operation by the end of this year. The floating terminal is to be able to convert LNG to gaseous state on its own, so no additional equipment will be needed.
When will the new terminals be put into operation?
Three more terminals are to be built in the towns of Stade (northwest of Hamburg), Brunsbüttel (at the mouth of the Elbe River in the North Sea) and Wilhelmshaven (northwest of Bremen on the shores of the North Sea). The terminals in Stade and Lubmin should be ready for operation by the end of next year at the earliest, while those in Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven should be able to receive LNG deliveries during the coming winter, Reuters reported, citing the German economy ministry.
