Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: LNG plans off the coast of Rügen are causing skepticism in politics

Sellin (dpa / mv) - The plans to build import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) off Rügen continue to cause skepticism.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: LNG plans off the coast of Rügen are causing skepticism in politics

Sellin (dpa / mv) - The plans to build import terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) off Rügen continue to cause skepticism. The left shares concerns about the project, it said in a statement on Tuesday. Like natural gas before, LNG is now being praised as a bridging technology. This bridge should not become a one-way street and the path to more renewable energies should not be lost sight of. The left is the coalition partner of the SPD in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

AfD state chairman Leif-Erik Holm criticized that despite all understanding of the urgency, the following should apply: "Be careful instead of hasty." This also includes taking the concerns of the affected communities seriously and including them.

Economics Minister Reinhard Meyer (SPD) presented plans to set up a second LNG terminal in Western Pomerania on Monday. For this purpose, two platforms are to be built about 4.5 to 6.5 kilometers from Sellin in the south-east of Rügen, on which floating liquefied natural gas terminals (FSRU) are to be moored. The gas is to be transported to Lubmin via a connecting pipeline some 38 kilometers long.

Part of the project will be a federally chartered FSRU. The project is being implemented by the energy company RWE. Meyer had advocated examining another location with a view to possible effects on tourism in the region. According to Holm, tourism in the north-east is threatened.