North Sea Nations Sign Historic 100 GW Offshore Wind Pact

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Known as the #Hamburg Declaration, the pact marks the first time North Sea nations have formally agreed to develop #offshoreWind through coordinated cross-border projects, including so-called “offshore wind hybrid assets” that link wind farms directly to multiple countries via shared interconnectors. The agreement brings together ministers from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Norway in a collective effort to transform the North Sea into what organizers describe as the world’s largest “clean #energy reservoir.”

Die #Nordsee-Anrainerstaaten haben einen Investitionspakt mit der #Windindustrie und #Netzbetreibern geschlossen, um bis 2030 grenzüberschreitend bis zu 100 GW Offshore-Windleistung zu vernetzen.

Ziel ist eine sichere, saubere #Stromversorgung mit geringeren #Stromgestehungskosten und mehr Unabhängigkeit von Energieimporten. Zudem sollen neue #Produktionskapazitäten und 91.000 Arbeitsplätze entstehen.

https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/nordsee-gipfel-hamburg-windenergie-sicherheit-100.html

#OffshoreWind #Energieversorgung #Resilienz #energy #environment

RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/115968049181042323

Der Ausbau der #offshorewind muss schneller gehen!

The US Offshore Wind Industry Is Fighting Back Against Donald Trump’s Madness
Despite political headwinds and rhetoric threatening to stall progress, the US offshore wind industry is doubling down on its commitment to the Atlantic coast. Industry leaders are pushing back against proposed rollbacks, citing the thousands of jobs and gigawatts of clean power

#OffshoreWind #RenewableEnergy #GreenTech #ClimatePolicy #WindPower #USInfrastucture #Sustainability
https://www.greentech-news.org/the-us-offshore-wind-industry-is-fighting-back-against-donald-trumps-madness/

"US President Donald Trump’s threats over Greenland have accelerated Europe’s push for energy independence, officials suggested, as European and UK ministers agreed to build a vast offshore wind grid in the North Sea.

EU energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen said the continent did not want to “swap one dependency with a new dependency”, as it tries to move away from Russian gas but becomes increasingly dependent on fuel shipped from the US.

He made the comments as nine countries with interests in the North Sea, including the UK, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands, said at a summit in Hamburg that they aimed to support a steady build-out of 15 gigawatts of offshore wind each year between 2031 and 2040. The EU wants to meet a target of about 300GW by 2050 — up from about 37GW at present.

As part of that goal, the countries have also agreed to jointly develop about 100GW of offshore wind projects by 2050, which would involve creating a grid in the North Sea with cables linking turbines to multiple countries.

The pledges are part of a push on offshore wind, which has intensified since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. In the lead-up to the war, Moscow started to cut flows of gas to the EU in retaliation for its support for Kyiv.

EU countries also gave the final sign-off on Monday to a total ban on imports of Russian gas by 2027."

https://www.ft.com/content/e9c90df9-ee03-4c51-bbd3-dad45e212961

#Europe #Greenland #Renewables #EnergyIndependence #OffshoreWind