Site development plan

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

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

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

As part of the preparation of the site development plan 2023 and the ongoing revision various expansion scenarios for offshore wind energy were analysed for expected energy yield by the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems IWES assigned by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency.… Read More »BSH publishes data from scientific reports accompanying the update and revision of the site development plan

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published the comments received in the transboundary consultation on the draft of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan – FEP). These can be accessed via the BSH website.

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published the comments received on the draft of the site development plan (Flächenentwicklungsplan – FEP). These can be accessed via the BSH website.

On 05.06.2024, the BSH defined the scope for the strategic environmental assessment for the ongoing procedure to update and amend the site development plan, including the coverage and level of detail of the information to be included in the environmental report in accordance with Section… Read More »Site development plan: Scope for the strategic environmental assessment