Offshore windpostponed
Germany offshore wind site tender 2027 (N-10.1, N-10.2, N-12.4, N-12.5, N-13.1, N-13.2)
Germany · WindSeeG offshore wind site tenders
- Window
- opens 2027
- Award expected
- not published
- Authority
- Bundesnetzagentur / BSH
- Capacity / scope
- N-10.1 2,000 MW; N-10.2 500 MW; N-12.4 1,000 MW; N-12.5 1,000 MW; N-13.1 500 MW; N-13.2 1,000 MW (expected capacity per BSH site development plan)
Tenders planned for 2026 were moved to tender year 2027 after the cabinet decision of 28 Jan 2026; no bid date published; N-10.1 and N-10.2 received no bids on 1 Aug 2025. On 2 Sep 2026 the cabinet adopted a WindSeeG amendment bill (Bundestag Drucksache 21/8238, first reading 8 Oct 2026, not yet law): a two-stage award procedure (first subsidy-free, then a two-sided contract for difference), an annual tender corridor of 2,000-4,800 MW from 2027, a 35-year operating period, and the option for the site development plan to set a different bid date.
Source
- Ausschreibungen für zentral voruntersuchte Flächen
- Änderung des Flächenentwicklungsplans 2025 für die deutsche Nordsee und Ostsee (Tabelle 6)
- Bekanntmachung im Verfahren zur Eignungsprüfung der Flächen N-13.1 und N-13.2
- Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Optimierung und Absicherung des Ausbaus der Windenergie auf See (Drucksache 21/8238)
- Kabinett beschließt Windenergie-auf-See-Gesetz
- Optimierung des Ausbaus der Windenergie auf See (first reading)
checked on 8 Oct 2026