Schwerin/Lubmin (dpa/mv) – The official assistance announced by Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) to accelerate the process for the construction of liquefied natural gas terminals in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is becoming concrete. On January 9, a woman from Würzburg will start work in the Ministry of the Environment in Schwerin. On the same day, two men from Bavaria would start in the responsible state office in Stralsund, said Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s Environment Minister Till Backhaus (SPD) on Monday in Schwerin. Söder had promised the delegation of experts at the end of August at a meeting with his Schwerin counterpart Manuela Schwesig (SPD) in Lubmin.
According to Backhaus, the approval process for the floating LNG terminal near Lubmin initiated by Deutsche Regas is nearing completion. However, the application for another terminal directly in the port of Lubmin is expected shortly. For this, lines would have to be laid through the Greifswalder Bodden, for which more extensive tests would be necessary.
In an effort to become less dependent on Russian gas, the federal government is relying on liquefied natural gas (LNG), among other things. On Thursday, the first special ship for LNG conversion and feeding in natural gas moored at its location in Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. Another will soon come to Brunsbüttel in Schleswig-Holstein. According to the Federal Ministry of Economics, floating LNG terminals should be able to cover up to a third of Germany’s current gas requirements in the winter of 2023/24.
