STORY: Welcome to Hooksiel near Wilhelmshaven on Thursday. Here, the Düsseldorf-based energy group Uniper, the federal government and the state of Lower Saxony are getting down to business when it comes to planning the construction of a terminal for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Uniper announced on Thursday in the Lower Saxony port city in the presence of Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck and Lower Saxony Energy Minister Olaf Lies that it would invest EUR 65 million as the builder and operator of the terminal. The federal and state governments signed a declaration of intent to expand the LNG and GreenGas import infrastructure in Lower Saxony. The Federal Minister of Economics, Robert Habeck: “I have learned that we normally build this 26-kilometer pipeline and need eight years to complete the construction. Now we can do it in ten months. But those are really, really amazing stories that are happening here right now. And that’s only possible because people don’t work to rule. That applies to the ladies and gentlemen at the municipal level, to Olaf Lies, the ministry, the ministries, the state of Lower Saxony. That also applies to mine Ministry. A few colleagues are here too. Thank you again.” Liquid gas is supposed to arrive here as early as winter. The government has introduced an acceleration law to shorten the otherwise necessary permits. It is to be decided by the cabinet in the next few days. “The peace order in Europe has been destroyed and is forcing politicians, society and the companies that are then supposed to implement and implement it to take unusual actions. But these decisions are made, and that is of course the bigger picture that we get through the work we do everyone is doing together here, proving that we won’t allow ourselves to be blackmailed, that we can free ourselves from the grips that also restrict us in terms of security policy, foreign policy and thus democratic policy.” You can see very little here. But it should start soon. Because LNG plays an important role in the federal government’s plans to make Germany less dependent on Russian gas supplies. Four special ships are to be chartered for this purpose, which can bring the liquid gas back into gas form themselves. This replaces the time-consuming construction of complete terminals. The federal government wants to purchase these floating storage and regasification units so that they can handle LNG before the construction of fixed terminals. She wants to make almost three billion euros available for this.