Germany will begin the construction of its planned Brunsbüttel LNG terminal in September with the commissioning expected at the turn of the year 2022/2023.
On 20 July, the Schleswig-Holstein government published the schedule for a floating liquid gas terminal at the Brunsbüttel site.
The terminal will have two LNG tanks with a capacity of 165,000 cubic metres (cbm) each and an LNG regasification plant. The plans foresee an annual throughput capacity of 8 billion cubic metres (natural gas). It will specifically feature a jetty with two berths for LNG carriers (up to size QMax) and smaller LNG ships. Also, it will have facilities for unloading and loading the ships.
As early as the turn of the year 2022/2023, the terminal is to be built at the Elbe port of Brunsbüttel. The FSRU terminal is to make a decisive contribution to securing the gas supply in Germany. To this end, the approval procedures for the pier of the liquid gas terminal (jetty) and the approval processes for the operation of the facility at the site must be completed by the turn of the year.
As a result of the connection, from the end of 2023 gas deliveries can then be fed into the German gas network in the full amount of the ship’s capacity – i.e. in the amount of 5 billion cbm per year.
The approvals for a land-based LNG terminal and the necessary water-side infrastructure are running parallel to the work on the liquid gas infrastructure. After its expected completion in 2026 and the withdrawal of the FSRU, up to 10 billion cbm of gas can be imported annually.
The land-based LNG terminal will enable the import of climate-neutral energy sources, in particular hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives, with appropriate conversions.
Source: World Maritime News
