The European Commission said Friday it supported Finland’s strategy to invest in a small-scale liquefied natural gas terminal as an energy security option. The commission said it supported the government’s plans to grant $31.5 million to build an LNG terminal at the Hamina port on the southern Finnish coast. By ending energy isolation for Baltic states, the European body said the strategy is in line with regional efforts to improve energy security . “The Hamina LNG terminal is one of several planned in Finland,” Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner in charge of competition, said in a statement. “These small scale LNG terminals will provide a new source of cleaner fuel for the maritime industry and diversify […]