Planning Consent Awarded

regulatory

Windanker

April 2025

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Event Details

Event Type:Planning Consent Awarded

Category:regulatory

Date:April 2025

Date Precision:month

Event Signals

Positive

Project advancing - milestone achieved

High Impact

Major milestone or critical setback

Regulatory Details

Authority:Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie

Permit Type:Planning approval decision for construction and operation of the Windanker offshore wind farm

Description

The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) granted planning approval for the construction and operation of Iberdrola’s Windanker offshore wind farm in the German exclusive economic zone of the Baltic Sea, located about 38 kilometres northeast of Rügen and comprising 21 turbines on monopile foundations. This decision, issued in April 2025, provided the final project-wide consent needed for the wind farm to proceed towards construction and eventual operation in 2026.