Offshore network plan

The German offshore network plan is a mapping and planning for the expansion of the offshore wind power plants in the German exclusive economic zone . It is updated by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) in agreement with the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and in coordination with the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN).

The following key points are set out in it and are updated annually:

• Identification of offshore wind power plants
• Determination of the routes for the connection lines ( submarine cables )
• Locations for the converter platforms (of the HVDC connections )

Clustering

Offshore wind farms in the German Bight and their connection

As a “cluster for offshore wind farms”, the offshore network plan defines “spatially coherent and delimitable plans for offshore wind energy plants”. For example, 13 clusters were defined for the area of ​​the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the North Sea .

Example: Cluster 2

Planned grid connection capacity (of which approved or in operation)	1760 MW (860 MW)
Network connections	"Windnet" three-phase current cable for alpha ventus (60 MW) HVDC cable "DolWin1" with the converter platform DolWin alpha (800 MW)
involved offshore wind farms	alpha ventus Trianel wind farm Borkum Mercury offshore Borkum Riffgrund 1 and 2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release on the publication of the offshore network plan for the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, February 2013, accessed on May 6, 2013
2. ↑ Offshore network plan for the German exclusive economic zone of the North Sea ( Memento of the original from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 506 kB) , Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, February 2013, accessed on May 6, 2013

Web links

• Federal offshore plan at the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency