The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on its website an annex to the report “Weiterentwicklung der Rahmenbedingungen zur Planung von Windenergieanlagen auf See und Netzanbindungssysteme” (Further development of the framework conditions for planning offshore wind turbines and grid connection systems) by… Read More »Annex to the accompanying report FEP 2023 published
On 5 January 2023, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) determined the suitability of sites N-6.6 and N-6.7 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 Third… Read More »BSH has made available for inspection the 3rd WindSeeV and other documents concerning the determination of suitability
On February 27, 2023, the BSH published the results of the preliminary investigation for the construction of offshore wind farms in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the sites N-6.6 and N-6.7, which are planned for tendering this year according to the site development… Read More »Publishing the results of the central preliminary investigation of sites N-6.6 and N-6.7 for the construction of offshore wind farms in the German EEZ
The department O “Management of the Sea” of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) publishes news on the current processes and procedures regarding offshore topics. Shipping, the navy, fishing, tourism, offshore wind farms, offshore activities and marine research take up space on the oceans.… Read More »Welcome to the BSH Offshore news
BSH announces plan approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore windfarm “EnBW He Dreiht” The BSH issued the plan approval decision for the offshore windfarm “EnBW He Dreiht”on 20 December 2022 based on Section 45 of the Offshore Wind Energy Act in… Read More »BSH announces plan approval decision for the construction and operation of the offshore windfarm “EnBW He Dreiht”
Support Group 2 (SG2) of the North Sea Energy Cooperation discusses issues of maritime spatial planning and has recently published a study on the expansion of offshore wind energy until 2030 on the basis of national spatial plans and strategies. The study examines spatial conflicts… Read More »North Sea Energy Cooperation: Publication of a study on wind energy development in the North Seas until 2030
With announcement dated 20 January 2023, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) announced the publication of the site development plan 2023. With this revision the BSH secures the expansion targets for offshore wind energy, which have been increased to at least 30 GW by… Read More »Revision of the site development plan: Notice of publication of the site development plan 2023
Today, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published on its website a report on spatially relevant developments in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea and Baltic Sea for the year 2021. The overview report summarizes all essential information on… Read More »Publication of a report on developments in the exclusive economic zone
Following extensive preparation, an Ad Hoc Study Group on offshore wind energy and shipping met for the first time on the 16th of December 2022 under the chairmanship of the Netherlands. In addition to the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and Federal Waterways… Read More »First meeting of the Ad Hoc Study Group wind energy and shipping
As part of the amendment process of the site development plan, the BSH has published all comments received by 25 November 2022 within the consultation rounds. The comments can be accessed here.