STORY: The federal government and gas importers have agreed to supply the planned liquid gas terminals on the North Sea coast. The companies assured that the two LNG terminals in Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel will be fully utilized until March 2024. The companies include Uniper, VNG, RWE and EnBW. Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck said on Tuesday: “We do not have a gas infrastructure in Germany, as an alternative to the pipeline deliveries from Russia, which we are now building. We have large companies active on the world market. And these companies have gas contracts with about 20 countries. That means they have every opportunity to get gas on the world market and have done so.” Wilhelmshaven and Brunsbüttel are scheduled to go into operation in winter. According to the government, the terminals in Stade in Lower Saxony and Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania will probably not be operational until the end of 2023. The terminals, together with gas savings of around 20 percent and full storage facilities, are key factors in ensuring that Germany gets through the winter without a gas shortage.