N-10.2 is a centrally pre-investigated fixed-bottom offshore wind development area in the German North Sea EEZ with an indicative capacity of 500 MW. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) completed the area suitability process under the 5th WindSeeV and published the Voruntersuchung ...
On 30 January 2026, following a Federal Cabinet decision to suspend 2026 offshore wind tenders, BSH amended the 2025 Area Development Plan so that auctions for several offshore wind sites, including the centrally pre-surveyed N‑10.2 area in the German North Sea, are postponed from 2026 and scheduled for the 2027 auction year, with BNetzA suspending the 2026 tenders accordingly.
The German Federal Network Agency’s auction for the centrally pre‑surveyed offshore wind area N‑10.2 (500 MW) in the German North Sea closed on 1 August 2025 without any bids, meaning the site failed to secure a revenue support regime or winning bidder under the 2025 tender and would need to be re‑auctioned under revised rules.
In the 2025 auction for centrally pre‑surveyed offshore wind areas N-10.1 (2,000 MW) and N-10.2 (500 MW) in the German North Sea, the tender deadline on 1 August 2025 passed without any bids being submitted, meaning no developer applied for the N-10.2 site. The auction, which was based on quantitative and qualitative criteria and offered no support under the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), therefore resulted in no award, and BNetzA initially indicated that both areas would be re‑auctioned under the rules for non‑centrally pre‑surveyed sites.
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N-10.2, BSH N-10.2, NOR-10-2 OWF
Around the close of the auction on 1 August 2025, the German Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) confirmed that the August 2025 tender for centrally pre-surveyed offshore wind areas N‑10.1 (2,000 MW) and N‑10.2 (500 MW) received no bids, so no developer was awarded N‑10.2 and the agency indicated the sites would be re-auctioned under the regime for non‑centrally pre‑surveyed areas.
On 22 January 2025, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) completed the central pre‑investigation and suitability assessment for offshore wind areas N-10.1 and N-10.2 in the German North Sea and formally determined their suitability for auction by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) via the Fifth Ordinance implementing the Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz (5. WindSeeV), later published in the Federal Law Gazette on 28 January 2025. The associated suitability examination, environmental report, and a supplementary summary explanation for N-10.2 were made available for public inspection in BSH libraries and online, providing developers with detailed site condition and environmental information as the technical basis for subsequent tenders.
On 22 January 2025, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) formally determined the suitability of offshore wind areas N-10.1 and N-10.2 for auction by the Federal Network Agency under the Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz. This suitability was established by the Fifth Ordinance for the Implementation of the Offshore Wind Energy Act (5. WindSeeV), which was published in the Federal Law Gazette on 28 January 2025, and related assessment documents were then made available for public inspection. The decision confirms that area N-10.2 is legally designated as suitable for development and subsequent tendering as a centrally pre‑investigated site.
On 1 August 2024, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) opened a public consultation for the centrally pre‑investigated offshore wind areas N-10.1 and N-10.2 in the German North Sea. BSH announced that draft documents for the suitability assessment, the implementing ordinance on suitability determination, and the environmental report would be on display in its libraries in Hamburg and Rostock from 1 August to 2 September 2024 and invited stakeholders to a discussion meeting on 30 October 2024. These consultations form part of the procedure to confirm the areas’ suitability for later auction by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
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