Stade – With the publication of the application and complete application documents for constructing and operating a facility for storing and regasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG terminal) in Stade-Bützfleth, the responsible Staatliche Gewerbeaufsichtsamt Lüneburg (State Trade Inspectorate Lüneburg) has officially initiated the approval procedure in accordance with the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act. The documents will be available for public inspection from 27 April to 26 May 2023.
Staatliches Gewerbeaufsichtsamt Lüneburg,
Auf der Hude 2, 21339 Lüneburg, Room 0.132,
Mondays to Thursdays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm,
Fridays between 8:00 am and 2:00 pm.
The GAA Lüneburg requests that those interested in viewing the
application documents should, if possible, arrange an appointment.
Hanseatic City of Stade, City Hall,
Hökerstrasse 2, 21682 Stade, in the City Hall, Room 103,
Mondays to Wednesdays between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm,
Thursdays between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm,
Fridays between 8:00 am and 12:30 pm.
The Hanseatic City of Stade requests that those interested in viewing
the application documents should, if possible, arrange an appointment.
Amt Geest und Marsch Südholstein,
Wedeler Chaussee 21, 25492 Heist, in the document inspection room on the 1st floor,
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays between 8:00 am and 12:00 noon and
Mondays between 2:00 and 6.00 pm
and by appointment.
In addition, the documents can also be viewed online from 27 April 2023 to and including 26 May 2023:
on the website for the Lower Saxony Trade Inspectorate Authority
at www.gewerbeaufsicht.niedersachsen.de (in German)
and there via the “Bekanntmachungen > Lüneburg - Celle - Cuxhaven” path.
and on Lower Saxony’s UVP portal (for schemes requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment)
at uvp.niedersachsen.de/startseite (in German)
and there by entering the search term “LNG Terminal Stade”.
Citizens affected by the scheme as well as towns and municipalities will be given the opportunity to participate in the process. In subsequent discussion meetings with the responsible authority, comments provided by them will then be taken into consideration and carefully weighed up against each other. If the approval procedure is successfully concluded in accordance with Section 9 of Germany’s Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchV), a notice of approval will be granted pursuant to Section 4, on the basis of which the main construction work can begin.
About HEH
The Hanseatic Energy Hub (HEH) is a future flexible terminal for liquified natural gases at the Stade industrial site. The independent hub secures and diversifies Germany´s import needs for affordable energy. In the initial expansion stage, a zero-emission LNG terminal is set to go into operation from 2027, with infrastructure also approved for bio-LNG and SNG. The planned regasification capacity is 13.3 bcm/a, with a send-out capacity of 21.7 GW. With the development of new climate-neutral energy sources, the hub will also facilitate the import of hydrogen-based energy carriers. HEH shareholders are the Buss Group, Fluxys and Partners Group (on behalf of their clients), as well as Dow. www.hanseatic-energy-hub.de/en/
Contact press office
Charlotte Holzum
on behalf of Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH
c/o navos - Public Dialogue Consultants GmbH
Glashüttenstraße 79
20357 Hamburg
Telephone: 040 69 638 76 44
E-mail: dialog@hanseatic-energy-hub.de