Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
Following its 12 May 2023 announcement of receipt of the Ostwind 3 planning approval application, the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) opened the public consultation window for the Ostwind 3 planning documents on 15 May 2023. Under the Offshore Wind Energy Act (Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz) planning approval procedure, the documents were made available for public inspection and written objections. This formal participation phase is a required step before BSH can issue the Planfeststellungsbeschluss, which was ultimately granted on 22 December 2023 covering the OST-1-4 export cable and the Jasmund transformer platform.