{"id":16806,"date":"2026-08-17T15:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/news\/fnb-gas-on-the-draft-bill-to-amend-the-offshore-wind-energy-act\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:40:50","slug":"fnb-gas-on-the-draft-bill-to-amend-the-offshore-wind-energy-act","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/en\/news\/fnb-gas-on-the-draft-bill-to-amend-the-offshore-wind-energy-act\/","title":{"rendered":"FNB Gas on the Draft Bill to Amend the Offshore Wind Energy Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FNB Gas welcomes the fact that the draft bill to amend the Offshore Wind Energy Act explicitly addresses, for the first time, offshore hydrogen production, electrolysers, and combined connection concepts involving both electricity and hydrogen infrastructure. This creates important prerequisites for testing offshore H2. <\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From FNB Gas\u2019s perspective, however, further adjustments are needed to create a reliable and scalable legal framework for the ramp-up of offshore H2. The focus here is on systematically embedding combined connection concepts, establishing a scaling strategy for offshore electrolysis, and taking hydrogen pipelines and cross-border infrastructure into account at an early stage in regional development planning. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our statement is available in the downloads.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"container-fluid fnb-downloadl-block break-out\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n                <h4 class=\"rubrik text-center\">Downloads<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- Downloads -->\n            \n                                    \n                    <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8 g-2 offset-lg-1 offset-xl-2 fnb-downloadl-item\">\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-name\"><b>STN Ref-E: WindSeeG Amendment of 2026<\/b><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-meta-wrap\">\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-beschriftung\">PDF \/ 290 KB<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-button nep-dl-button\"><a\n                                        target=\"_blank\"\n                                        href=\"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-17_FNB-Gas_Stellungnahme_WindSeeG-Novelle-2026.pdf\"> <\/a><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-trenner\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                                        <!-- \/Downloads -->\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNB Gas welcomes the fact that the draft bill to amend the Offshore Wind Energy Act explicitly addresses, for the first time, offshore hydrogen production, electrolysers, and combined connection concepts involving both electricity and hydrogen infrastructure. 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