A ship is coming to Wilhelmshaven, loaded with valuable cargo. Maria Energy is the name of the full tanker that delivered liquefied natural gas to the floating terminal on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony this Tuesday. According to the operator Uniper, the gas is enough to supply 50,000 households with energy for a year. The tanker was even escorted by the police on the last few meters to the terminal. It is the first fully loaded tanker since...
Status: 03.01.2023 1:07 p.m "Maria Energy" was the first tanker loaded with liquid gas to dock at the LNG pier in Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday morning. There is criticism, among other things, because the gas was extracted with fracking. The 289 meter long ship from the USA was accompanied by police ships on the last few meters to the terminal in the morning. According to the gas importer Uniper, it is loaded with 170,000 cubic meters of liquid gas. This should...
Status: 03.01.2023 11:02 a.m With the "Maria Energy", the first tanker loaded with liquid gas docked at the LNG pier in Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday morning. There is criticism, among other things, because the gas was extracted with fracking. The 289 meter long ship from the USA was accompanied by police ships on the last few meters to the terminal in the morning. According to the gas importer Uniper, it is loaded with 170,000 cubic meters of liquid gas. This should...
Status: 12/21/2022 12:58 p.m The federal government's LNG plans are making progress. The operation of the first liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven started in the morning. The first LNG ship has meanwhile arrived in Lubmin. The federal government has come a step closer to its goal of becoming less dependent on Russian gas. Today - one day earlier than planned - the gas importer Uniper started commissioning the first German import terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Wilhelmshaven....
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Status: 12/18/2022 3:53 p.m After the opening ceremony with Chancellor Scholz, Germany's first LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven is scheduled to start operations on Thursday. Meanwhile, environmental aid and BUND are announcing further lawsuits. In addition to a shorter term for the terminal, the conservationists are concerned with cleaning the special ship "Höegh Esperanza" with chlorine, which is then fed into the Wadden Sea. "What is needed is a time limit on operations in line with the climate goals and a...
Status: 12/17/2022 4:44 p.m The first German import terminal for liquefied natural gas has opened. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised the quick implementation. The German environmental aid announced further legal steps. The SPD politician spoke on Saturday of the "new pace in Germany, with which we are advancing infrastructure". It is a model for other infrastructure projects. "In this respect, it is a good day for our country, a good sign for the whole world that the German economy will...
Status: 12/17/2022 3:43 p.m The first German import terminal for liquefied natural gas has opened. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised the quick implementation. The German environmental aid announced further legal steps. The SPD politician spoke on Saturday of the "new pace in Germany, with which we are advancing infrastructure". It is a model for other infrastructure projects. "In this respect, it is a good day for our country, a good sign for the whole world that the German economy will...
Ceremony in Wilhelmshaven The three from the gas station: Scholz, Habeck and Lindner open Germany's first LNG terminal A "very, very important contribution to our security": Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (centre) with Economics Minister Robert Habeck (left) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner at the opening of the LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven © Michael Sohn / AFP Less than ten months ago, Chancellor Scholz announced the construction of LNG terminals in Germany in his "Zeitenwende" speech. Now he was able to...
Status: 12/17/2022 1:05 p.m Chancellor Scholz has opened Germany's first liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven. He praised the construction in a record time of ten months. The LNG terminal is a "very important contribution to our security". Ceremony in Wilhelmshaven: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz officially opened the first German liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. With these and the other LNG terminals, the German energy supply will be "independent of the pipelines from Russia," said Scholz in...
