Broadwater FSRU

Part of the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Broadwater FSRU is a cancelled (confirmed) LNG import terminal in United States.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Broadwater FSRU	Long Island, New York, United States	41.096667, -72.881111 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":7,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":41.096667,"lon":-72.881111,"icon":"","inlineLabel":"Broadwater FSRU (base project)\n"}]}

Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Broadwater FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	8 mtpa	8.0 mtpa	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Broadwater FSRU	import	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Broadwater FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2008 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Broadwater FSRU	import	cancelled (confirmed)	Broadwater Energy LLC [100%]	Broadwater Energy LLC [100.0%]	–

Background

Broadwater FSRU was a proposed LNG terminal in New York, United States. TransCanada and Shell had planned to install a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) LNG. Broadwater Energy LLC would have operated the LNG facility. The proposed project was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in March of 2008. However, New York Governor David Paterson rejected the Broadwater proposed project in April of 2008 after significant opposition from environmental groups, community activists, and New York and Connecticut elected officials.

Opposition

Environmentalists, civic groups, and elected officials were among those actively opposed to the Broadwater FSRU project. A bi-state coalition emerged in an effort to stop the proposed project, the Anti-Broadwater Coalition. In a decision announced April of 2009, the Commerce Department declared that protecting the scenic value of Long Island Sound outweighed the national interest for natural gas. This decision followed New York State's finding that the project's plans failed to conform to New York's coastal zone management plan, and thus could not proceed. Both decisions override the project's approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of LNG terminals, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.