Plane fur deutsche flussigerdgas-terminals sind massiv uberdimensioniert

An executive summary by the NewClimate Institute arguing that planned LNG import terminals in Germany are significantly oversized and conflict with national and international climate goals.

• The planned LNG import terminals in Germany are not necessary to meet gas demand following the loss of Russian imports, provided that German climate protection goals are maintained. If energy saving efforts continue, no new LNG terminals would be required.
• The construction and operation of all planned LNG terminals would contradict the Paris Agreement and the German Climate Protection Act. To reach climate neutrality by 2045, gas consumption must be reduced by approximately one-fifth by 2030, by half by 2035, and to nearly zero by 2045.
• Current planning for eleven LNG terminals with a total capacity of about 73 billion cubic meters per year would allow for 50% more gas imports than were previously sourced from Russia (46 billion cubic meters per year). The document suggests that a gap of up to 15 billion cubic meters per year until 2035 could be covered by three floating terminals or more ambitious reductions.
• Implementing all LNG plans would likely lead to 'stranded assets' funded by taxpayers. Even considering a conversion to green hydrogen or ammonia, the plans remain oversized because the future demand for imported hydrogen in a climate-neutral Germany will be significantly lower than current gas demand.
• Full utilization of the 11 planned terminals would make achieving climate goals nearly impossible; by 2030, CO2 emissions from burning the imported gas alone would account for one-third of the greenhouse gas emissions permitted under the target path, excluding emissions from extraction and transport.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2022). Plane fur deutsche flussigerdgas-terminals sind massiv uberdimensioniert. https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/plane-fur-deutsche-flussigerdgas-terminals-sind-massiv-uberdimensioniert

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Plane fur deutsche flussigerdgas-terminals sind massiv uberdimensioniert. 2022. https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/plane-fur-deutsche-flussigerdgas-terminals-sind-massiv-uberdimensioniert.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=NewClimate Institute |title=Plane fur deutsche flussigerdgas-terminals sind massiv uberdimensioniert |date=8 December 2022 |url=https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/plane-fur-deutsche-flussigerdgas-terminals-sind-massiv-uberdimensioniert |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2022plane, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Plane fur deutsche flussigerdgas-terminals sind massiv uberdimensioniert}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = dec, url = {https://newclimate.org/resources/publications/plane-fur-deutsche-flussigerdgas-terminals-sind-massiv-uberdimensioniert}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }