Düsseldorf/Wilhelmshaven, January 8, 2026. Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) has significantly increased its contribution to supply security in 2025 compared with the previous two years. Overall, the federally owned company fed around a third more energy in the form of natural gas into the German gas grid last year. In concrete terms, the three floating liquefied natural gas terminals (FSRUs) were able to provide 79 terawatt hours (TWh) for industry, commerce, and households, as well as for storage in gas storage facilities. In 2024 and 2023, the annual figure amounted to 59 TWh. In addition to optimizations in the operating procedures of the existing Wilhelmshaven 01 and Brunsbüttel terminals, the commissioning of the third DET terminal, the FSRU Excelsior, at the Wilhelmshaven site was a key reason for the increase in energy supplied after regasification of the landed liquefied natural gas (LNG). From a statistical perspective, 79 terawatt hours of energy correspond to the annual gas consumption for heating more than 5.6 million four-person households in apartment buildings (100 square meters of living space with 14,000 kilowatt hours of annual consumption).

The total annual value of 79 terawatt hours includes the quantities from the Excelsior's commissioning phase between May 26 and August 28. The storage and regasification vessel went into commercial operation on August 29. In the current year, the federally owned company is focusing not only on continuing to ensure its LNG regasification capacity, but also on completing its FSRU terminal in Stade. At around 65 percent, the utilization rate of the three terminals Wilhelmshaven 1 and 2 as well as Brunsbüttel was again more than 10 percentage points above the European average in 2025 and on par with previous years at DET.