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transboundary participation according to Section 63 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding the environmental report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the plan for the offshore wind farms at the site ‘Nordsøen I’, located in the North Sea

The Danish Ministry of Environment has drawn up a plan for the construction of offshore wind farms in an area in the North Sea in order to implement the political agreements for significantly greater energy production from wind energy before the end of 2030. The… Read More »transboundary participation according to Section 63 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding the environmental report for the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the plan for the offshore wind farms at the site ‘Nordsøen I’, located in the North Sea

Site development plan: draft and environmental reports published

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie, BSH) is today publishing the draft of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan, FEP) and the associated environmental reports. The documents are published on the BSH website. Authorities have until July 08, 2024 and the… Read More »Site development plan: draft and environmental reports published

Transboundary participation according to Section 59 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding the application by Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (the Applicant) for an Order Granting Development Consent for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind in the British Exclusiv Zone of the east coast of England

The UK Government has notified Germany that Five Estuaries has submitted an application for development consent for the “Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm” off the east coast of England, approximately 37 km off the coast of Suffolk in the UK Exclusive Economic Zone. Five Estuaries… Read More »Transboundary participation according to Section 59 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding the application by Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (the Applicant) for an Order Granting Development Consent for the Five Estuaries Offshore Wind in the British Exclusiv Zone of the east coast of England

Information on the Draft Irish Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy

The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications is consulting on the first maritime spatial plan for renewable energy, the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy (SC-DMAP). The draft SC-DMAP identifies four maritime areas for offshore wind farms off the… Read More »Information on the Draft Irish Designated Maritime Area Plan for Offshore Renewable Energy

transboundary participation according to Section 59 para. 1 Environmental Impact Assessment Act on the transboundary environmental impact assessment regarding a planned offshore windfarm “Ymer” in Sweden´s exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea

RWE Renewables Sweden intends to construct the Ymer wind farm in the southern Baltic Sea. The offshore wind farm is to be built approximately 47 km southeast of the coast of Blekinge in Sweden. The area of the wind farm is located within 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 “Ymer” in Sweden´s exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea

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

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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

BSH announces planning approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore grid-connection “BorWin4/ delta”

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”

BSH has made available for inspection the 4th WindSeeV and other documents concerning the suitability examination

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