On 26 and 27 June, the 16th German Nature Conservation Law Conference will be held at the University of Hamburg. This year’s focus is on “Marine Nature Conservation Law”Further information is available here [link: https://www.jura.uni-hamburg.de/die-fakultaet/professuren/proelss/aktuelles/2025-04-16.html (in German).
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) has conditionally defined the routes for the offshore grid connection systems NOR-11-1, NOR-11-2, NOR-12-1, NOR-12-2 and NOR-13-1 in the site development plan 2025 (Flächenentwicklungsplan 2025, FEP 2025). In order to rule out any… Read More »Site development plan 2025 – Conditional determination of cable routes to bypass the Artillerieschießgebiet Nordsee: Publication of the transmission system operators’ report
The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (SwAM) submitted the amended Swedish marine spatial plans to the government for decision. The amendments concern designations for offshore wind energy due to a decision by the Swedish government on wind energy and defence interests in November… Read More »Information on amendments to the Swedish Marine Spatial Plans
Revisions of the datasets “Database of Geotechnical Surveys” and “Cone Penetration Tests (CPT)” were added in the Data Hub Preliminary Investigation of Sites (PINTA) for site N-10.1 and N-10.2 on 27 March 2025. Furthermore, “Database of the Geotechnical Surveys” was replaced for site N-10.1. The… Read More »Revisions available in the Data Hub PINTA for site N-10.1 and N-10.2
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 „BalWin1 und BalWin alpha“ in the German EEZ… Read More »BSH announces plan documents for the offshore grid-connection system „BalWin1 und BalWin alpha“
Annex 3 of the site development plan 2025 shows a variant of future determinations in areas N-14 to N-20 (under review) in zones 4 and 5 of the North Sea EEZ for information. In preparation of the upcoming revision procedure, the BSH provides an opportunity… Read More »Site development plan: List of questions in preparation of the upcoming procedure
On 22 January 2025, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) determined the suitability of sites N-10.1 and N-10.2 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 Fifth… Read More »BSH has made available for inspection the 5. WindSeeV and other documents concerning the suitability examination
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-10.1 and N-10.2 for the construction of offshore wind farms in the German EEZ
The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) is working intensively to achieve the target of 70 gigawatts offshore wind energy by 2045. To this end, the BSH launched mid-December a multi-year measurement campaign with the German Weather Service (DWD) and the contracted company Fugro Norway.… Read More »70-Gigawatt Target: BSH launches wind and ocean measurement campaign with DWD for future offshore wind energy
The BSH issued the planning approval decision for the offshore windfarm “Windanker” on 24 January 2025 based on Section 45 of the Offshore Wind Energy Act in the version of 31 December 2022 in connection with Section 74 of the Administrative Procedure Act. A digital… Read More »BSH announces planning approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore windfarm “Windanker”