The department O “Management of the Sea” of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) publishes news on the current processes and procedures regarding offshore topics. Shipping, the navy, fishing, tourism, offshore wind farms, offshore activities and marine research take up space on the oceans.… Read More »Welcome to the BSH Offshore news
The Swedish EnvironmentalProtection Agency notified Germany that Zephyr Baltic Offshore AB plans to apply for permit to construct and operate the offshore wind farm ‘Kapheira” in Swedish exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The Kapheira wind farm is planned to be located between Gotland and the Swedish… Read More »transboundary participation according to Section 59 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding a planned offshore windfarm “Kapheira” in Sweden´s exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea
The BSH issued the planning approval decision for the offshore grid-connection “BorWin4 and BorWin delta”on 06 March 2024 based on Section 45 of the Offshore Wind Energy Act in the version applicable until 31 December 2022 in connection with Section 74 of the Administrative Procedure… Read More »BSH announces planning approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore grid-connection “BorWin4/ delta”
On 20 February 2024, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) determined the suitability of sites N-9.1, N-9.2 and N-9.3 for tendering by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) in accordance with Part 3 Section 5 Wind Energy Act (WindSeeG) by means of an ordinance. The… Read More »BSH has made available for inspection the 4th WindSeeV and other documents concerning the suitability examination
The regulation in § 69 (1) WindSeeG (in the version of 01.01.2023) stipulates that in future an expert opinion must be submitted at least twelve weeks before the start of construction to prove compatibility with the minimum requirements of the Standard Design. For procedures within… Read More »Publication of a template for the preparation of the expert opinion pursuant to § 69 (1) WindSeeG and a leaflet with instructions
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published the results of the central preliminary investigation for the construction of offshore wind farms in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The results are available on the Data Hub Preliminary Investigation of Sites (PINTA). According to… Read More »Publishing the results of the central preliminary investigation of sites N-9.1, N-9.2 and N-9.3 for the construction of offshore wind farms in the German EEZ
On 28 February 2024, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency notified the neighbouring states in the North Sea and Baltic Sea of the initiation of the update and amendment of the site development plan in accordance with the protocol on strategic environmental assessment in a… Read More »Notification of the neighbouring states pursuant to Art. 10 SEA protocol on strategic environmental assessment in a transboundary context on the initiation of the update and amendment of the site development plan
The 2021 maritime spatial plan is the subject of a scientific paper published in January 2024 by a team of BSH authors. The paper describes the main changes that have taken place since the first maritime spatial plans came into force in 2009, considering both… Read More »Scientific paper on the 2021 EEZ plan
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) participated in the DG Mare project “eMSP NBSR – Emerging Ecosystem-based Maritime Spatial Planning Topics in the North and Baltic Sea Regions” which recently had its final conference in Gdansk (https://www.emspproject.eu/). The project worked with so-called “communities of… Read More »eMSP NBSR project results published
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on the website the 2022 report on spatially relevant developments in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The overview report summarizes all essential information on developments in the maritime… Read More »Report on spatially relevant developments in the EEZ 2022
After the BSH received an application from Vattenfall Nordlicht I Offshore Wind GmbH to carry out the planning approval procedure in accordance with the Offshore Wind Energy Act (WindSeeG) for the construction and operation of the “Nordlicht I” offshore wind farm in the North Sea… Read More »BSH publicizes online consultation on the “Nordlicht I” wind farm project