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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”

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 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 Scottish Government (Directorate Energy & Environment, Planning, Architecture & Regeneration) has launched the cross-border participation for the Scottish Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy and published the draft of the Sectoral Marine Plan, the environmental report, and further documents. The announcement and… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation of the Scottish Updated Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind Energy – draft of the Sectoral Marine Plan, environmental report, and further documents

The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management is consulting on the partial revision of the North Sea Programme 2022-2027 and the environmental reports in accordance with the Convention on environmental impact assessment in a transboundary context (Espoo-Convention) with the opportunity to submit comments by… Read More »BSH announcement: Transboundary consultation of the partial revision of the Dutch North Sea Programme 2022-2027 and the environmental reports

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“