Construction is already underway on the new LNG terminal near Paldiski, and the mooring quay is slated to be completed by the end of August already. Alexela confirmed that LNG reception capacity will be established in early November. It still remains unclear, however, whether private investors Alexela and Infortar or the Finnish state will be the ones to rent the necessary floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).
Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, Chairperson of the Reform Party, lost her nerve on Thursday. The Reform Party obviously opposed from the start the bill of raising children’s support, which the Center Party has unexpectedly bought out, and the party had also agreed the day before to tell the Centrists clearly that moving on with the bill would mean the breaking up of the coalition.
Since the deadline for the construction of a proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal in Estonia is just six months away, this requires strong cooperation on the part of all parties, including the state, Martti Talgre, CEO of Infortar, one of the private firms involved in the project, says.
Estonia's port and rail transit workers' wages could be temporarily subsidized while the sector reorients itself away from Russian customers and attracts new business partners, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications has said.
Head of Alexela Marti Hääl said that the company asked transmission system operator Elering for €3 million a year for the mooring quay. Timo Tatar, deputy secretary general of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MKM), said that the government could use liquid fuels to replace gas should negotiations between Elering and Alexela fail.