12 Feb 2026

Explainer: What exactly is a LNG terminal?

From Afternoons, 3:35 pm on 12 February 2026

This week the Government announced plans to build a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal in Taranaki. The facility - estimated to cost "north of $2bn" - will enable us to import gas from the rest of the world. Although according to the Electricity Authority that will come at a significant premium to domestically produced renewable energy and natural gas. The facility will be paid for by a levy on electricity users of $2 - $4 per megawatt hour. Author of the New Zealand Energy Substack Larry Blair chats to Jesse about it.

The Sayda compressor station connecting the Czech Gazela pipeline with German OPAL pipeline, in Germany. The Gazela pipeline is used to transit Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European Union.

Photo: Sputnik via AFP