The BSH has received an application by the company Vattenfall Nordlicht I Offshore Wind GmbH for the planning approval procedure according to the Offshore Wind Energy Act for the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm “Nordlicht I” in the German EEZ of the… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore wind farm „Nordlicht I“
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is consulting on the scope and level of detail of the strategic environmental assessment for the partial revision of the North Sea Programme 2022-2027 in accordance with the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation in the scoping process for Strategic Environmental Assessment for the partial revision of the Dutch North Sea Programme 2022-2027
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) today published the comment received on the joint statement of the German TSOs on the preliminary draft of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan – FEP). It can be accessed via the BSH website.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) today published the comments received on the preliminary draft of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan – FEP). These can be accessed via the BSH website.
On 01.September.2023, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published the draft of the suitability examination, the draft of the determination of suitability and the drafts of the environmental reports for the sites N-9.1, N-9.2 and N-9.3, which will be put out to tender… Read More »BSH publically notifies the date on a discussion hearing regarding the draft of the suitability examination, the draft of the determination of suitability and the drafts of the environmental reports for the sites N-9.1, N-9.2 and N-9.3
After the initiation of the procedure for amending and updating the Site Development Plan was announced on 1 September 2023, the transmission system operators have now submitted their joint comment on the preliminary draft of the Site Development Plan at the request of the Federal… Read More »Joint comment of the transmission system operators on the site development plan
After the site development plan 2023 and the associated environmental reports have been made public on 20.01.2023, further sites are required for the expansion of offshore wind energy in order to achieve the expansion targets pursuant to Sec. 1 para. 2 WindSeeG. A new revision… Read More »Revision of the site development plan: Initiation of the procedure and publication of documents
By letter dated 20 July 2023 the Danish Environmental Protection Agency sent the Notification of the national Danish Maritime Spatial Plans in order to carry out Germany’s transboundary participation in accordance with Article 5 of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Framework… Read More »Announcement of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency on transboundary participation according to Section 59 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the strategic environmental assessment of the revised Danish maritime spatial plan
The BSH has updated the overviews for the minimum application and planning documents to be submitted in the plan approval procedure. In particular, the different requirements for projects on centrally pre-investigated sites and non-centrally pre-investigated sites have been met by preparing separate information sheets. The… Read More »BSH updates overviews for the minimum application and planning documents
The BSH has received an application by the company Nordseecluster A GmbH for the planning approval procedure according to the Offshore Wind Energy Act in the version applicable on 31 December 2022for the construction and operation of the offshore wind farm “OWP N-3.8” in the… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore wind farm „OWP N-3.8“