The first of four planned liquid natural gas import terminals in Germany, which never had such infrastructure, now has gained expedited construction approval as the country accelerates its effort to separate from Russian energy supply networks because of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Federally-selected utility operator Uniper has not released details on site contractors or cost for the terminal at the northern port of Wilhelmshaven, but several reports describe it as an estimated $69-million facility.

Set to operate late this year or in early 2023, the terminal will handle 7.5 billion cu meters of natural gas per year, about 8.5% of Germany’s current demand. Permits will allow construction of both land and sea infrastructure at the site to support floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) operations.

Other LNG import facilities are planned for the German cities of Stade, Brunsbüttel and possibly Hamburg.

Uniper已经租用了两个FSRU，每个FSRUS都能存储174,000立方英尺的LNG，将其转换为船上的气态状态，并将其馈入电网。他们将于2023年初开始服务。德国公用事业巨头RWE还租用了两个FSRU，每个FSRU都能获得高达170,000立方米。

该许可还允许建造一条新的30公里高压管道，该管道与现有的天然气分销网络相关联，该管道将由传输系统运营商Open Grid Europe构建。

德国已经与卡塔尔和加拿大就潜在的液化天然气供应交易进行了会谈，而公用事业ENBW和RWE正在关注美国天然气的长期交付。

新的天然气基础设施

在2月俄罗斯入侵乌克兰之前，德国是唯一没有其自身进口和重新建立基础设施的主要欧盟国家。据报道，区域政府计划，批准并将以正常速度的八倍以八倍的速度建造威廉舍文终端。

An unusual wrinkle in site engineering and construction could be the existence of buried World War II-era ordnance in the North Sea region that would require remediation, theWall Street Journalreports.

Germany has made moves to cut its reliance on Russia-supplied gas energy, but there is still a heightened sense of crisis looming over government officials and industry. Utility firms are passing onhigh gas prices对于客户和政府，公开了紧急汽油和热水配给的可能性。

该国还可以重启燃煤电厂以较早的举动脱机以减少碳排放。

同时，欧洲投资银行，欧盟贷款部门，宣布发布7月初，估计将为乌克兰基础设施建立10040亿美元的资本化和投资基金，并资助长期重建。根据欧盟国家的捐款，该基金将寻求最初的201亿美元，并获得欧盟预算的赠款，贷款和担保。路透社.

乌克兰外交部估计最终重建成本可能是最低7500亿美元。18luck.cub