Germany cannot be relaxed about the need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the Baltic Sea, a high-ranking economy ministry official said on Monday, a week after plans emerged to scale down the region s Mukran project after local resistance.
No final investment decision has been taken on onshore regasification plants in Germany. The use of FSRUs – a necessary emergency option – means import capacity can be released. Nonetheless structural factors suggest LNG has a 20-25 year window of opportunity in the world’s fourth largest economy. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 2]
Completed in 2021 in Riga, Latvia. Images by Alvis Rozenbergs. Latvian legislation protects the coastline from excessive building practices. Newbuilds are not permitted, however, it is permitted to build on.