The announcement comes in conjunction with a 210 billion euro plan presented by the European Commission which foresees an acceleration of renewable energies and energy savings.
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Objective: more energy independence. Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium announced on Wednesday May 18 that they wanted to install nearly 150 gigawatts of wind turbines in the North Sea by 2050, to make it the “Europe’s Green Powerhouse” and do without Russian hydrocarbons.
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“We want to quadruple our total offshore wind capacity by 2030 and tenfold by 2050”European officials said. An intermediate target of 65 gigawatts has been set for 2030.
A power of 150 gigawatts in offshore wind power can provide the electricity needed for 230 million homes, according to the four signatory countries. The four countries alone would represent half of the EU’s target for offshore wind power by 2050.
The announcement comes in conjunction with a 210 billion euro plan presented by the European Commission which foresees an acceleration of renewable energies and energy savings to overcome “as soon as possible” imports of Russian gas, in response to the war in Ukraine.
The Europeans have already announced the end of Russian coal imports from next August, and an oil embargo for the end of the year is under discussion among member states.