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
The BSH issued the planning approval decision for the offshore grid-connection “BorWin6 and BorWin kappa”on 08 October 2025 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 “BorWin6 and BorWin kappa”
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 BSH has issued the planning approval decision for the offshore windfarm “Nordlicht II” on 29th October 2025 based on Section 66, 70 of the Offshore Wind Energy Act in connection with Section 74 of the Administrative Procedure Act. A digital copy of the planning… Read More »BSH announces plan approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore windfarm “Nordlicht II”
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
How can the sea areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea be used as ideally as possible, taking into account all interests and protection aspects? This question will be addressed at a joint conference hosted by the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development… Read More »The North Sea and Baltic Sea in transition: conference highlights opportunities, challenges, and perspectives for multi-use
The Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Szczecin, as the competent authority, is conducting the environmental impact assessment procedure for the construction, operation and decommissioning of four proposed offshore wind farms (OWF) in areas 14.E.1, 14.E.2, 14.E.3 and 14.E.4 of the Polish EEZ in the… Read More »Announcement by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency on transboundary participation in accordaning to the Espoo Convention for four planned offshore wind farms in areas ‘14.E.1’, ‘14.E.2’, ‘14.E.3’ and ‘14.E.4’ in the Polish exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea.
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on its website the 2024 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 2024