The head of the east German transmission system operator 50 Hertz, Stefan Kapferer, has decided before the impending standstill of wind energy expansion in the Baltic Sea 2026 warned. “That would be a fatal signal for the energy transition and for climate protection throughout Europe,” he told the German press agency. “Without the use of all suitable areas in both the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, we will not achieve our energy policy goals, and the desired use of hydrogen to decarbonise industry would be called into question.”

Area development plan Although the federal government recently set its expansion target for offshore wind power of 20 doubled to 40 gigawatts by the year 2030. “This goal can only be achieved if an appropriate balance between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is found,” said Kapferer. But the current area development plan for the Baltic Sea only envisages an increase in output by 300 megawatts to 2030. That is not enough.

Above all, nature conservationists consider the space in the Baltic Sea to be exhausted with a view to further wind farm projects and warn against expansion. Among other things, they fear the migration routes of migratory birds and porpoises and see an increased risk of collision for oil transports by ship.

International connection 50 Hertz and the Danish network operator Energinet have announced the inauguration of a power connection between German and Danish wind farms for Tuesday. In addition to the two countries, it will connect the German offshore wind farm Baltik 2 and the Danish Kriegers Flak wind farm. This means that offshore wind power can be directed to Denmark or Germany and additionally