en.Wedoany.com Reported - German state-owned liquefied natural gas terminal operator Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) announced that its floating liquefied natural gas (FSRU) terminal in Stade, Lower Saxony, is scheduled to begin operations in September. In a statement on Wednesday, the company said that after completing extensive technical and safety assessments and preparatory work over the past few months, a clear roadmap has been established for the facility's first LNG delivery.

In March 2024, the 174,000-cubic-meter FSRU "Energos Force" (built in 2021), owned by Apollo's Energos Infrastructure and leased by the German federal government, arrived at the AVG terminal in Stade. In March last year, DET terminated its contract with onshore LNG terminal developer Hanseatic Energy Hub for the FSRU facility and redeployed the "Energos Force" to Jordan. Earlier this year, DET had expected the terminal would not be operational before the second quarter of 2026.

DET stated that contract terms ensure the "Energos Force" will return in time for commissioning at a purpose-built berth in the Stade-Butzfleth industrial port. DET noted that the terminal completes the federal government's terminal concept for securing gas supply, complementing existing terminals in Brunsbüttel and Wilhelmshaven.

Additionally, DET set a new record for regasification volumes in the first quarter of this year. Its three leased FSRUs delivered over 25 terawatt-hours (TWh) of natural gas to the German grid during this period, a 2.5-fold increase from 10 TWh in the first quarter of 2025, equivalent to approximately 10% of Germany's total natural gas storage capacity. DET operates two FSRU facilities in Wilhelmshaven and one in Brunsbüttel. In addition to these facilities, private company Deutsche ReGas operates the Mukran FSRU facility.

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