June 10, 2014 [LNG Industry] - Swedegas and Vopak LNG Holding have been granted a permit under the Environmental Code for an LNG terminal at the Energy Port in Gothenburg.
The permit, which was granted by the County Administrative Board in Västra Götaland, comes into effect immediately and covers LNG storage of up to 33,000 m3 and the handling of up to 500,000 tpa of LNG.
The LNG terminal will be capable of supplying shipping, industry and heavy transport with gas as fuel.
Lars Gustafsson, President of Swedegas, said: “We are currently in the process of clearing the area at the port and having secured the environmental permit we can now move into the next development stage of the project.
“It is gratifying to know that we had the entire environmental impact assessment approved. We have met with considerable interest and involvement from all parties concerned.”
LNG infrastructure
LNG will arrive at the Port of Gothenburg by sea. It will then be discharged at the quayside and transferred to road tankers or rail trucks for onward distribution, mainly to industrial facilities throughout the country. It will also be possible for ships to bunker LNG as fuel. In time, the terminal will have the capacity to supply the existing gas grid with gas.
The LNG terminal will be constructed in collaboration with the Port of Gothenburg, which will invest in the port infrastructure. The LNG terminal in Gothenburg is also part of a project being run together with Port of Rotterdam and Gasunie to create an efficient LNG infrastructure between Sweden and the Netherlands. The common project, LNG Rotterdam Gothenburg, is co-financed by the EU’s TEN-T programme.
