# Germany enacts the LNG Acceleration Act

Date: 2022

The LNG Acceleration Act of May 2022 shortened permitting for floating and onshore LNG terminals after Russian pipeline gas became a weapon. Terminals later opened at Wilhelmshaven and elsewhere.

## People

- Olaf Scholz: https://factrail.ai/people/olaf-scholz

## Drivers

- Energy Security: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-security
- Fossil-fuel subsidies: https://factrail.ai/drivers/energy-fossil-fuel-subsidies

## Sources

- https://www.iea.org/policies/15654-lng-acceleration-act
- https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/lngg/BJNR080200022.html

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/de-lng-acceleration-act-2022