Rio Grande LNG — Brownsville, Texas
Overview
TYPE3’s map data identifies Rio Grande LNG as an LNG export facility in Cameron County, with coordinates 25.9930, -97.1550, city precision, Construction status, a 150 MW seed estimate, and a note describing a multi-train terminal near Port Isabel. The note qualifies the power figure as unconfirmed. The record preserves the project identity without turning export nameplate or construction scope into a load claim.
NextDecade’s second-quarter 2026 business update reports that Trains 1 through 5 are under construction, with a combined expected LNG production capacity of approximately 30 MTPA. It says the main intake substation was safely energized in May 2026, first gas is expected in the second half of 2026, and first LNG production from Train 1 is expected in the first half of 2027. These milestones establish construction and electrical commissioning context, not a published demand or available-power figure.
The company is separately developing and permitting Train 6 and evaluating Trains 7 and 8. Those expansion plans remain separate from the current Trains 1–5 construction scope. Rio Grande LNG’s current record distinguishes train production, substation energization, feed-gas infrastructure, FERC/DOE authorization, and customer offtake. The 150 MW map data estimate remains unconfirmed and is not measured load; MTPA does not establish site demand, and substation energization is not commercial operation.
Questions
Where is Rio Grande LNG?
Rio Grande LNG is at the Port of Brownsville ship channel in Cameron County, near Brownsville and Port Isabel, Texas.
Is Rio Grande LNG operating?
No full operating status is verified. NextDecade says Trains 1–5 are under construction and targets first LNG production from Train 1 in the first half of 2027.
Does energizing the substation prove 150 MW of demand?
No. Substation energization is a project milestone; TYPE3’s 150 MW is an unconfirmed estimate and current site demand is not published.
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