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You will find a lot of valuable and interesting information about offshore wind energy on our pages. The Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena) will be regularly compiling data and updating these pages for you.

Electrical power from offshore wind farms can and should make an important contribution to future energy and climate policies in Germany. Average wind forces at sea are high enough to promise an enormous potential in energy. Modern wind power technology, now so reliable and cost-effective on land, will enable us to exploit this potential.

To get information on the status of the projects move your mouse pointer over the violet, green and red wind farms. Click on the wind farms for further information.




Maps are based on the BSH maps showing the offshore windfarm pilot projects
in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea

Stormy development of offshore wind energy raises many questions

Happily, the development of offshore wind energy in Germany is going through a very dynamic phase right now. Interested businesses have already applied for a number of licences to build and operate large offshore wind farms, mostly within Germany's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

But many problems remain unsolved. Marine areas suitable for wind farms must be relatively distant from the coast to respect the immense importance of nature reserves. The extensive use of the North Sea by shipping, fisheries and the German Navy further limit the available options. Planners, grid operators and government authorities also face new challenges in connecting offshore wind farms to the power grid network. Not least, the legal situation is complex because the federal and state governments have different areas of responsibility regarding the licensing of wind farms and cables.


(Last update: December 7th 2006)


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>German Energy Agency

>Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)

>Federal Ministry for Environment

>Strategy of the German Government on offshore wind energy, (01/2002) (english) (PDF)

>Copenhagen Strategy on Offshore Power Deployment (10/2005) (PDF)