Construction work begins at the liquid gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven Klaus-Dieter Maubach, head of the energy group Uniper, is cautiously optimistic: when the first floating LNG terminal in Germany can go into operation cannot be said with absolute certainty. “But I don’t think it’s unrealistic that this will still be the case in winter 2022/2023,” Maubach told the Handelsblatt.

On Thursday morning, Maubach, together with Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens), Lower Saxony State Ministers Bernd Althusmann (CDU) and Olaf Lies (SPD) and other players from companies and authorities, gave the go-ahead for Germany’s entry into the LNG world. To this end, several contracts have been signed that seal the leasing of floating LNG terminals. At the same time, the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony concluded an agreement on the expansion of Wilhelmshaven into a hub for liquefied natural gas (Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG for short) and green gas, such as green hydrogen and its derivatives.