North Sea countries set new offshore wind target

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Ministers and top officials from the 9 “North Seas” countries and the EU Commission met in Dublin today. That’s Belgium, Ireland, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. They adopted a declaration with ambitious new volumes for the expansion of offshore wind. They discussed how exactly to deliver those volumes, with a special focus on how to strengthen Europe’s offshore wind supply chain.

The 9 countries pledged to build at least 260 GW of offshore wind by 2050, with intermediate targets of 193 GW by 2040 and 76 GW of offshore wind by 2030. That’s 85% of the EU’s current offshore wind target of 300 GW by 2050. And 17 times more than all of the EU’s current offshore wind capacity. The announcement comes on... ... More: Official Press Release WindEurope

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