Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU

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Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU is a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal under construction in Germany. It is intended to be an interim facility to be replaced by the onshore Wilhelmshaven TES LNG Terminal.

Location

The terminal is proposed to be located in Wilhelmshaven port, Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Project details

• Operator: KN Energies
  • Formerly Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET)

• Owner: Tree Energy Solutions, E.ON, and Engie

• Parent company: Tree Energy Solutions, E.ON, and Engie

• Vessel: FSRU Excelsior

• Vessel operator: KN Energies
  • Formerly Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET)

• Vessel owner: Excelerate Energy

• Vessel parent company: Excelerate Energy

• Location: Wilhelmshaven port, Germany

• Coordinates: 53.516667, 8.133333 (approximate)

• Capacity: 4.5 bcm/y
  • Formerly 5 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y)

• Status: Construction

• Type: Import

• Start year: H2 2024
  • Formerly Q1 2024, 2023 Q3-Q4

• Cost:

• Financing:

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• Associated infrastructure: Wilhelmshaven TES LNG Terminal

Background

Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU is a 5 bcm/y (3.675 mtpa) floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) proposed to be located in the port of Wilhelmshaven on Germany's North Sea coast. It appears to have first been proposed in August 2022. Excelerate Energy's FSRU Excelsior has been chartered for the project under a five-year contract signed with the German state, with the project to be developed by Tree Energy Solutions (TES), E.ON, and Engie. The consortium aims to have the FSRU operating in Autumn 2023.

According to a press statement from TES in October 2022, the FSRU will only operate at the Wilhelmshaven site until the onshore TES Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal currently planned by TES goes into operation. Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU is the fifth FSRU-based facility backed by Germany's federal government in 2022 as part of ongoing efforts to address the European gas crisis.

In March 2023, Excelerate Energy announced that it would seasonally deploy its Excelsior FSRU to Argentina's Bahía Blanca GasPort during the second quarter of 2023 before returning it to service at Wilhelmshaven during the third quarter.

In October 2023, LNG Prime reported that the FSRU was expected to launch in Q1 2024. The same month, TES and Engie completed the shore-side connection pipeline for the project.

In January 2024, it was announced that KN Energies (formerly known as Klaipėdos nafta) would take over management of four state-owned German terminals operated by DET, including this facility.

In June 2024, it was reported that the facility was set to begin operations in the second half of 2024.