Lawsuits against connection for LNG terminal dismissed

The court wrote that the accelerated approval of the first sea section of the pipeline was suitable for making a relevant contribution to overcoming the ongoing gas supply crisis as a result of the cessation of Russian gas supplies and the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines. "The alert level of the gas emergency plan applied at the time of the planning approval decision and continues to apply."

Critics have long argued that there is no longer a gas shortage, that the Rügen terminal creates unneeded overcapacity and harms the environment and nature. The federal government has defended it with reference to energy supply security.

Full capacity by the summer

The approximately 50-kilometre-long connecting pipeline through the Baltic Sea has been completed and connects the Rügen terminal with the gas pipeline hub on the mainland in Lubmin. The special ship "Energos Power" is already moored in the port of Mukran and has been feeding gas into the pipeline in trial operation since the beginning of March. In future, it is to receive LNG delivered by ship together with another so-called regasification ship, convert it and feed it in via the connection pipeline. According to earlier information, regular operations are to begin by mid-May at the latest and full capacity is to be achieved by the summer.