Skip to main content
European Commission logo
Clean energy for EU islands
  • Regulatory information
  • Permits and Authorisation Processes

Electricity production license process

Abbreviated form of legal source

  • WindSeeG 2020
  • VwVfG 2003
  • UVPG 2021

Description of the process

Only applicants receiving a support from the federal grid agency through the tendering procedure are eligible to apply for the license granted by the federal authority for maritime navigation. Projects are subject to a “plan approval procedure” (Planfeststellungsverfahren) along the §73 VwVfG 2003, involving stakeholder and an environmental impact assessment (§§ 45 and 47 WindSeeG 2020).

Competent authority

Federal Grid Agency, federal authority for maritime navigation

Technologies

Wind energy onshore
Wind energy offshore

Relevant

Solar energy
Solar Thermal
Geothermal energy
Geothermal energy
Aerothermal
Hydrothermal
Hydro-power
Biogas
Biogas
Biomass