The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) today published an amendment to the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan, FEP) 2025. The amendment and the result of the preliminary assessment on the conduct of a strategic environmental assessment can be found on… Read More »Site development plan 2025: Plan amended
In the context of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan, FEP), the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) commissioned Ramboll to analyse the energy downtime between decommissioning and follow-up use of offshore wind farms in the German North Sea and Baltic… Read More »Site development plan: Status report on decommissioning and follow-up use published
According to the Site Development Plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan – FEP) 2025, five grid connection systems will no longer run diagonally through the Artillerieschießgebiet (ASG) Nordsee, in deviation from the FEP 2023. In their report dated 30 April 2025, the transmission system operators (TSOs) presented the expected… Read More »FEP 2025, ASG decision Test procedure: TSOs submit results of detailed evaluation for the affected offshore grid connection systems
The BSH has received an application from the company Windbostel Ost GmbH for the plan approval procedure according to the Offshore Wind Energy Act for the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm “Windbostel Ost” in the German EEZ of the North Sea. The… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore wind farm „Windbostel Ost“
The BSH has received an application from the company Windbostel West GmbH for the plan approval procedure according to the Offshore Wind Energy Act for the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm “Windbostel West” in the German EEZ of the North Sea. The… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore wind farm „Windbostel West“
The BSH has today published a draft amendment to the site development plan 2025. The draft contains changes to the calendar years for the realisation of sites N‑10.1, N‑10.2, N‑12.4, N‑12.5, N‑13.1, N‑13.2 and N‑6.8, for the NOR‑6‑4 and NOR‑12‑3 offshore connection systems, and the… Read More »Site development plan 2025: Draft amendment published for consultation
The BSH has received an application by the companies Amprion Offshore GmbH and Amprion GmbH for the planning approval procedure according to the Offshore Wind Energy Act for the construction and operation of the offshore grid-connection system „BalWin2 and BalWin beta“ in the German EEZ… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore grid-connection system „BalWin2 and BalWin beta“
The Curonian Nord offshore wind farm (CN OWF) is planned with a permissible generation capacity of 580–700 MW. The turbines under consideration will each have a capacity of up to 20 or more MW, hub heights up to 170 m, tip heights up to 350… Read More »Announcement by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency on transboundary consultations in accordance with the Espoo Convention regarding the planed offshore windfarm „Curonian Nord” in Lithuanians exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea
As part of the collaboration in Support Group SG2 of the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC), a joint database was created to provide a vision for the development of offshore wind energy. The TIMELINES database was presented for the first time on November 6 at… Read More »TIMELINES – New harmonized database with information on the planning, development, and operation of offshore wind farms in the North Sea
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency today published the results of a study by Fraunhofer IWES on the expansion of offshore wind energy across the North Sea and its impact on electricity yield. Using reference years, a scenario for the possible development of offshore expansion… Read More »Expansion of wind energy across the North Sea: modeling electricity yield