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Germany consults on revised offshore wind plan

By: Bridget Randall-Smith 11/08/2020 4C Offshore

General Windfarms

A public hearing for the revised German Site Development Plan (FEP) will be held this week on 11th August. The FEP provides the framework for the spatial and temporal development of offshore wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas. It also defines how and when these areas should be connected to the onshore power grid.

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) published the preliminary draft for the FEP 2020 and the draft investigation frameworks for the environmental reports (North Sea and Baltic Sea) as part of the strategic environmental assessment on the 19th of June 2020 and initiated the consultation process.

The draft FEP includes plans for tenders for to be launched from 2021-2025 with commissioning from 2026-2030. Planned areas include N-3, N-6, N-7, N-9 and N-10, in the North Sea and O-1.3 in the Baltic Sea with a total targeted capacity of 9.688 GW.

The FEP also incorporates plans for post-2030 with areas in N-11, N-12 and N-13 totalling ~10 GW to be tendered after 2025 and commissioned by 2035.

Written or electronic comments could be submitted until the 20th July and a public hearing will be held via online conference on the 11th August. A final version of the FEP is expected to be ready by the end of the year.

The Federal Cabinet confirmed a long awaited increase in offshore wind targets by approving amendments to the Wind Energy at Sea Act (WindSeeG) in early June. Targets have been raised from 15 GW to 20 GW by 2030 and 40 GW by 2040.

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