May 06, 2025 [Upstream Online]- Lithuania’s operator KN Energies has moved into the next phase of its long-term plan to cut the carbon footprint of its liquefied natural gas receiving terminal on the Baltic Sea shoreline with the award of an electrification project.
The LNG terminal was the first facility of its kind in Eastern Europe and was commissioned in December 2014, as the three Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – were exploring ways of reducing their dependence on Russian pipeline gas supplies.
According to the operator, the electrification of the terminal’s operations is expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 30% from the current level.
In October last year, it secured €6 million ($6.9 million) in funding from the European Union’s Modernisation Fund for the electrification of the terminal, the operator said previously.
KN Energies said in a statement on Monday that it has finalised the award of a €19.3 million engineering, procurement and construction contract to the domestic company AB Kauno Tiltai, which is a specialist contractor in roads, bridges and infrastructure in the three Baltic states.
According to the operator, AB Kauno Tiltai has committed to designing and installing the electrical cable onshore and offshore that will provide power for the LNG floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) known under the name of Independence, at the import terminal.
In addition, the required infrastructure will be designed and built at the LNG terminal jetty and on the FSRU itself to enable their connection to shore.
The solution will permit incoming LNG carriers moored at the terminal to be supplied with electric power from the onshore grid, thus allowing auxiliary internal combustion engines on the vessels to be shut down, KN Energies said.
KN Energies has committed to achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The roadmap includes a targeted reduction of CO2 emissions by over 30% by 2030 and approximately 70% by 2040.
Under the commitment, KN Energies is working to assess the feasibility of liquefied CO2 capture and storage. It is participating in the EU-funded Carbon Neutral LNG project, which focuses on producing hydrogen from biomass and converting it into synthetic methane.
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