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RED III: Environmental impact assessment retained as an option

“Anyone who wants to carry out an environmental impact assessment for an offshore wind farm should be allowed to do so – even on “acceleration areas” for offshore wind,” says BWO managing director

Future offshore: The expansion goals for offshore wind energy are a political commitment

Press discussion on the future offshore 2024: What must be done by politicians to achieve the expansion goals of offshore wind energy?

Federal Council resolution: Improve the framework conditions for implementing the expansion targets for offshore wind energy

The Federal Council today approved a motion for a resolution submitted by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Bremen and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which called on the Federal Government

Statement by Stefan Thimm on the national port strategy

The national port strategy was approved today in the federal cabinet, along with a statement from Stefan Thimm, managing director of the Federal Wind Energy Offshore Association

Support the port strategy with a financing basis as quickly as possible

The federal government presented its new port strategy today. For now, the strategy only contains a collection of measures, but none yet

EU requirements for the expansion of offshore wind energy 

Overview of energy-related standards that the EU has adopted in recent months for the expansion of offshore wind energy.

Secure energy production at sea!

We are committed to protecting wind farms and grid connection systems from physical and digital attacks.

Statement on the draft law to accelerate offshore wind power

The current process offers the opportunity to support the expansion of offshore wind energy in terms of industrial policy.

Statement on the agreement on the Net Zero Industry Act

The BWO welcomes the preliminary agreement on the EU's Net Zero Industry Act. It is lost in this law

The offshore wind expansion must not fail because of the ports!

The port capacities along the German coast are not sufficient to expand offshore wind energy to up to 70 gigawatts by 2045