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 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) is consulting the national Swedish Marine Spatial Plans for the Gulf of Bothnia, the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak/Kattegat and the Strategic Environmental Assessment in accordance with the convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo-Convention) with… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation regarding the amendment of the national Swedish Marine Spatial Plans, NV-09718-22
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen) is consulting the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the amendments to the Danish Marine Spatial Plan in accordance with the convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo-Convention) with the opportunity to comment until February 5, 2024. The… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation regarding the amendment of Denmark´s Maritime Spatial Plan, reference 2020-3411
On 16.11.2023, the BSH publicly announced the initiation of the preliminary site investigation of the sites N-13.1, N-13.2 and N-6.8 (before N-21.1) in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the North Sea for offshore wind farms. The sites N-13.1 and N-13.2 are intended to definition by… Read More »Initiation of the Offshore Site investigations for wind turbines for tendering in 2026 and 2027 for the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea and Publication of the draft investigation framework for sites N-13.1, N-13.2 and N-6.8 (before N-21.1)
In the context of drafting the site development plan for offshore wind energy in the German EEZ, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) contracted the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES) to estimate the expected energy yield for multiple expansion scenarios. The estimation… Read More »Webinar: Estimation of long-term offshore wind energy yield in the German EEZ
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