New German re-gasification capacity
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:31 pm
A few months back I asked what the options were for a fleet of re-gasification barges parked around the European coast to keep the gas grid fed... it looks like it has been done, or started anyway
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63709352 (Ukraine war: How Germany ended reliance on Russian gas) says
Reminds me of the sign (allegedly) on the wall of a US garage: "Our work has 3 attributes, Quick, Cheap and Good. Unfortunately you can only have 2 of these on any one job!"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63709352 (Ukraine war: How Germany ended reliance on Russian gas) says
200k Euros a day! Can it be that complex?on Germany's windswept North Sea coast, engineers have just finished building - in record time - the country's very first import terminal for liquified natural gas (LNG). LNG is natural gas which is cooled to liquid form to reduce its volume and make easier to transport. It's then converted back to gas form upon reaching its destination.
Germany is rightly notorious for its ponderous bureaucracy; this kind of project would normally take years, but the authorities slashed away at red tape to enable completion in under 200 days....
The most important part of the terminal - a 'floating storage and regasification unit' (FSRU) - has yet to moor up. The FSRU, which is essentially a specialised ship upon which the LNG is converted back to its gas state, will be leased at a reported 200,000 euros (£172,732) a day.
Reminds me of the sign (allegedly) on the wall of a US garage: "Our work has 3 attributes, Quick, Cheap and Good. Unfortunately you can only have 2 of these on any one job!"