Published: April 2nd, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

On Saturday evening, dozens of people demonstrated against the controversial LNG terminal on the island of Rügen once again. A few days ago, the first tanker arrived there for test operation. Germany covers 95 percent of its natural gas needs from abroad, but Russia has not been supplying since the end of August 2022. Therefore, energy companies procure liquefied natural gas (LNG) mainly on the spot market in the short term. According to the Federal Network Agency, the LNG terminals in the Baltic Sea are necessary for security of supply, but environmental organizations and researchers disagree.