Barbers Point FSRU

Background

In May 2026, Longboard TerminalCo, a wholly owned subsidiary of JERA Americas, submitted a request to FERC to begin the pre-filing process for a proposed LNG import terminal offshore Kalaeloa/Barbers Point and related onshore gas facilities at Campbell Industrial Park on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. The company had previously submitted a proposal to the government of Hawaii in March to build the terminal and a 500 MW hybrid combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas turbine facility on Oahu. The total cost of the terminal and power plant was estimated to be $2 billion.

The project would use a disconnectable FSRU with expected storage capacity of 138,000–174,000 cubic meters, with LNG delivered by ship-to-ship transfer and regasified gas sent ashore through a single-point mooring system and a three-mile, 16-inch subsea pipeline. Longboard said the project would provide natural gas for Oʻahu power generation, industrial users, retail gas customers, and LNG bunkering, with peak demand estimated at about 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), including roughly 0.6 mtpa for power and gas distribution and 0.4 mtpa for bunkering. Longboard expects to file a formal FERC application by December 2026, seek authorization by the second quarter of 2028, begin construction in the third quarter of 2028, and place the project online in the first quarter of 2030.

Opposition

In May 2026, Local Power Hawaii, a coalition of organizations, advocates, and community members, argued that the project would divert resources from lower-cost renewable energy alternatives. The coalition said LNG would prolong dependence on imported fossil fuels, and critics argued that the plan had advanced without meaningful public input, legislative approval, or binding consumer protections.

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Additional data

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