Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) continues to drive progress in offshore wind energy with a recent tender announcement. On 28 February 2024, the agency unveiled plans for offshore wind farms totalling 5,500 MW across three centrally pre-investigated sites in the North Sea. This comes after a tender announcement in January this year for non-centrally pre-investigated sites with a total capacity […]
On 10 August 2023, the German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) announced the results of the offshore tender for centrally pre-investigated areas. Bids could be submitted until 1 August 2023. The tender covered four areas in the North Sea with a total capacity of 1,800 MW, which were pre-surveyed by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH). All areas are located […]
With the cabinet’s decision of July 26, 2023, the German government agreed on an update of its National Hydrogen Strategy (NHS), which was adopted in June 2020. The update of the NHS (Fortschreibung der NWS), which has now been published, comprises approximately 30 pages and heralds the second phase of the NHS implementation. The goals of the NHS are further […]