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"Nine European countries have pledged to multiply the capacity of offshore wind
farms in the North Sea by eight times current levels before 2050, turning it
into what Belgium’s energy minister called “Europe’s biggest green power
plant”.
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and
the European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the plan with
the prime ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark and
Luxembourg.
Norway’s prime minister and Britain’s energy security minister, Grant Shapps,
also committed at the summit in Ostend, Belgium, on Monday to build more wind
farms, develop “energy islands” – connected renewable generation sites at sea –
and work on carbon capture projects.
“We are unlocking our offshore energy ambitions,” the Belgian energy minister,
Tinne van der Straeten, said. “Coordination is absolutely essential. If each of
the nine countries acts alone, we’ll collectively fail. Planning is at the core
of everything.”
Aiming to both curb reliance on Russian gas and radically reduce the use of
CO2-emitting fossil fuels, the nine countries aim to boost their combined North
Sea offshore wind capacity to 120GW by 2030 and 300GW by 2050.
All the leaders recognised the scale of the task, which will require massive
investment. Macron also said it was also important that the infrastructure was
produced in Europe and the jobs created were European jobs."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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