GLNG: Germany receives its first shipment of US LNG at newly opened terminal

The first shipment of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) has arrived in Germany at the Wilhelmshaven terminal, according to German energy firm Uniper.

The supplier was US company Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, which sent 97.1mn cubic metres of natural gas, enough to power around 50,000 German households for a year.

Until the war in Ukraine started German had no LNG terminals and was entirely reliant on Russian piped gas imports. Following the start of the war, Berlin rushed through plans to build five large terminals to diversify supplies of gas at Wilhelmshaven (two terminals), Brunsbüttel, Stade and Lubmin.

In the meantime Germany has leased three floating terminals, the first of which came online on December 17, Euractiv reported. The three terminals have a capacity of 13bn cubic metres a year, less than the 50 bcm German imported from Russia pre-war.