[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ module_class=”reverse-columns-mobile” _builder_version=”4.16″ min_height=”225px” custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”||1px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]In future, LNG – for example from Qatar and the USA – will be delivered directly to Germany by ship. Here, in Germany, the first step is for mobile LNG terminals, Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs), to perform storage and liquefaction. Permanent facilities will be built later. In Lower Saxony, both Wilhelmshaven and Stade are prime locations for this. [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]No one can say today whether it will be Putin or Germany who turns off the gas tap first. What is certain, however, is that the import of around 50 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas per year from Russia will then have to be replaced by gas from other countries. Floating Storage and Regasification Units (FSRUs), essentially floating gas factories, create about nine bcm per year, or almost 20 per cent of the gas to be replaced, making them the only solution in the very short term.<\/p>\n
In the medium term, the focus will then shift, as the energy mix will increasingly be dominated by renewable energies. This means biogas and, in particular, wind power and photovoltaics. \u201cWhat\u2019s important here is that we build the infrastructure for landing LNG today to make it suitable for green gas tomorrow,\u201d explains Christian Budde, press officer at the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Building and Climate Protection. \u201cAfter all, we will always need to import green gas, regardless of what is going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two locations in Lower Saxony, Wilhelmshaven and Stade, offer good conditions for storing liquefied natural gas (LNG), imported by ship in mobile facilities and for regasifying it for further use. By the middle of next year, two such FSRUs could be moored in Wilhelmshaven as part of projects by Uniper and the Wilhelmshaven-based company Nord-West Oelleitung (NWO). Long-distance natural gas operator Open Grid Europe\u2019s (OGE) connection pipeline could provide a transport capacity of 15 to 20 bcm by the end of 2022, and another from NWO with a capacity of 4 bcm by the end of 2023. <\/p>\n
Besides the floating plants, there are other projects for permanent facilities, including a project by Belgian company Tree Energy Solutions (TES). However, this is primarily about Europe\u2019s first large-scale green energy hub, which will produce and trade sustainable and low-cost carbon neutral energy and will be operational for green gas from 2027. In the short term, however, the facility can also be used as an LNG terminal. Furthermore, up to 10 bcm of green ammonia could be landed by 2025 as part of a project by Uniper. In Stade, there could be 13 bcm of LNG at the same time as part of the Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) project. <\/p>\n
The Institute for Solar Energy Research in Hamelin recently investigated the extent of this need for imports on behalf of the ministry. According to this study, imported green hydrogen will still account for 32 per cent of energy sources in 2050. The plants required for this would be feasible in Stade by 2024 and in Wilhelmshaven by 2025. \u201cWith the planned green gas-ready terminal in Wilhelmshaven, TES is pursuing this precise goal and can thus contribute to supplying Germany and Europe quickly with LNG in the face of the current energy crisis, and that in just a few years, with substantial quantities of green energy from overseas,\u201d explains Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony\u2019s Minister for the Environment and Energy.<\/p>\n
TES is planning a green cycle in Wilhelmshaven. \u201cGreen hydrogen is produced from countries with very readily available renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro power,\u201d states Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Jens Schmidt. \u201cCO\u2082 is then added to this to produce green (CH\u2084), which is used as an \u2018energy carrier\u2019 and transported to Wilhelmshaven by a specially designed fleet of ships.\u201d There, the green (CH\u2084) can be converted back into green hydrogen, with the resulting CO\u2082 captured and returned by ship to the countries that produced it in a continuous closed loop system. \u201cThis way, we avoid greenhouse gas emissions by ensuring that the CO\u2082 never leaves the cycle,\u201d Schmidt adds.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_7″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Startseite \/ Artikel” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_9″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Artikel” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/TES-plot-plan_800px.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”325px||325px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”150px||150px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” title_text=”TES-plot-plan_800px” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]Belgian company Tree Energy Solutions (TES) is planning the first large European green energy hub in Wilhemlshaven. In the short term, the facility can also be used as an LNG terminal.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]Credits: H\u00f6egh\/FRSU at Jetty, TES[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” bottom_divider_style=”waves2″ bottom_divider_color=”#DFE6EE” bottom_divider_height=”165px” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout” sticky_enabled=”0″]In the initial phase, with 25 terawatt hours of green gas imports per year, more than half a million tonnes of hydrogen can be produced and imported in Wilhelmshaven. This capacity is then to increase to 250 terawatt hours per year in the final stage, resulting in more than five million tonnes of hydrogen \u2013 hugely important for the German and European hydrogen and climate protection strategies. \u201cIf no further approval delays occur, the plant, including regasification, can be commissioned in mid to late 2025,\u201d says Schmidt. \u201cFrom 2027 onwards, the import of green gas will then be gradually ramped up, completely replacing the LNG imported in the meantime by 2045.\u201d <\/p>\n
Importing green hydrogen also offers opportunities for Bremen\u2019s ports, which are predestined to handle green hydrogen brought in by ship, says Bremen\u2019s Senator for Science and Ports, Dr Claudia Schilling. \u201cA study we commissioned entitled \u2018Investigation into the development and establishment of a port-based hydrogen economy\u2019 will give us further insights into the future-oriented transformation of our port economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
In future, the importance of ports is also likely to increase, especially regarding the expansion of offshore wind energy. In Lower Saxony, these are mostly Wilhelmshaven and Stade, but Emden, too. Moreover, the German Offshore Industry Centre Cuxhaven (DOIZ) is one of the largest offshore ports in Europe today. Ports that have not played a significant role in energy supply and domestic imports could also be repositioned. \u201cIn the course of the energy turnaround and the likely associated growth in the import of hydrogen or synthetic fuels, there are also new opportunities for Bremen\u2019s ports to handle more green energy sources,\u201d the senator[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”][et_pb_blurb title=”Logistics Pilot” url=”mailto:marketing@bremenports.de?subject=Please%20send%20me%20the%20Logistics%20Pilot%20Magazine” image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/LP_2022-April-EN-Cover.jpg” icon_placement=”left” _builder_version=”4.15.1″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#002e5b” header_font_size=”21px” body_text_color=”#000000″ body_font_size=”17px” body_line_height=”1.4em” animation=”right” link_option_url=”mailto:marketing@bremenports.de?subject=Please%20send%20me%20the%20Logistics%20Pilot%20Magazine” link_option_url_new_window=”on” custom_css_blurb_image=”width:100px;||transform: rotate(-10deg);” custom_css_blurb_title=”padding-top:15px;||margin-bottom:-5px;” box_shadow_style_image=”preset1″ box_shadow_color_image=”rgba(0,46,91,0.3)” global_module=”50941″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”et_body_layout”]<\/p>\n
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