Historic green energy push: European quartet to ramp up North Sea offshore wind capacity tenfold

Offshore wind capacity in the North Sea must increase tenfold towards 2050. This is the joint political vision that Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and a number of European heads of state will present Wednesday at a summit on offshore wind in Denmark.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is setting the stage for a huge expansion of the offshore wind efforts in the North Sea. | Photo: Jens Dresling
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is setting the stage for a huge expansion of the offshore wind efforts in the North Sea. | Photo: Jens Dresling
JAKOB MARTINI & MICHAEL STENVEI

Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium are teaming up for a historic offshore wind push in the North Sea, aimed at freeing Europe from Russian energy and taking the European green transition efforts to an entirely new level.

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