During his travels to the UAE, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was anticipated to finalize arrangements for liquefied natural gas (LNG) (UAE), Economic Affairs and Climate Action Minister Robert said.
“The gas offering is slowly broadening,” he said.
Habeck visited Lubmin, where work at one of Germany’s latest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities was about to begin.
The project is part of an effort to reduce the country’s reliance on Russian fossil fuels in the aftermath of the Ukraine conflict.
“We must show that, in times like these, we can plan, authorize and build faster than is usually the case in Germany,” Habeck said of the construction drive.
Scholz went to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, with Germany’s energy requirements top of his agenda.
Germany is building an LNG terminal.
With the Nord Stream 1 network to Russia closed, Germany intends to construct additional LNG terminals to transport gas.
Scholz stated last week that the LNG terminals at Wilhelmshaven, Stade Brunsbüttel, and Lubmin will be fully operational by the close of next year.
The industrial port at Lubmin would first be improved to allow private shuttle ships to transport LNG from giant tankers moored off the coastline and inject it into the current gas network.
The first gas might be supplied through the privately financed facility as early as December, according to the company.
“If everything goes well, savings in Germany are high and we have a bit of luck with the weather, we have a chance at getting through the winter comfortably,” Habeck remarked.
The German government-funded floating gas station should be operational by the end of 2023.
The Nord Stream 1 transmission lines come to Lubmin from Russia, but the pipeline shut down on September 1
Various Initiative has taken up german government since the shutting down of Nord Stream
As part of its aim to diversify from Russian resources, the German government wants to contract additional mobile liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility for winter 2023/24, increasing the total number to five.
The 5th state-owned floating regasification and storage unit (FSRU) with a capacity of 5 billion cubic metres annually will arrive at Wilhelmshaven, where the other FSRU has already been planned, according to the Economy Ministry on Thursday.
Germany acquired 4 floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) in May for the purchase of at least 5 billion cubic metres of seaborne gas per year, two of which are expected to be operational this year.
