Bayern wants to support Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the construction of terminals for liquid gas in Lubmin. This was agreed by Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) during a visit to the Baltic Sea on Tuesday with Manuela Schwesig (SPD), the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. They signed an agreement to this effect, which, among other things, provides for the sending of lawyers from Bavaria to help with the approval process at the responsible mining authority.
“We are happy about the support from Bavaria,” said Schwesig at a joint press conference. Everything must be approved by the rule of law, so every expert counts. The state government in Schwerin is doing its best, said Söder, and Bavaria now wants to help.
Plans for two liquid gas terminals
So far, the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, through which Russian gas flows and is distributed, has landed in Lubmin near Greifswald. However, Moscow has continued to throttle the flow of gas in recent months. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is also finished, but it will not be put into operation after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia is no longer a reliable partner, said Schwesig with regard to the country’s gas supply. Instead, plans for two liquid gas terminals are beginning to take shape.
One of the floating terminals is being planned by a private investor and is expected to be operational as early as the end of the year. In addition, there is talk of a state-operated terminal in which RWE and Stena Power could be involved. Apparently, this would only be able to go into operation later.
It is true that the Greifswalder Bodden in front of Lubmin is ecologically demanding for such projects because of the low water depth. However, as Schwesig and Söder pointed out, the existing infrastructure for the further distribution of gas is attractive. Gas can be routed from Lubmin through the eastern German federal states via the Czech Republic to Bavaria.
“Serious situation for our country”
Söder pointed out how important it is to supply Bavaria, where people are “hungry for energy” and where there are most industrial jobs in Germany. He spoke of a “serious situation for our country”. The prosperity in Germany is massively endangered, the biggest economic crisis that the country has ever experienced is imminent. It is therefore no longer enough to just save energy. You need a replacement and you have to use everything you can.
Schwesig, who has long been heavily criticized for her government’s continued adherence to Nord Stream 2, said it was an important day for energy supply in Germany. “MV helps,” she said. In the future, other countries will also be supplied with hydrogen from Lubmin.
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