Offshore galore
Wednesday, the European Council adopted five laws enabling the EU to cut greenhouse gas emissions within its main sectors of the economy. The final blue stamp of the enormous climate package aims to ensure that the most vulnerable enterprises and sectors exposed to carbon leakage, are effectively supported as the Union delivers on its targets under the Fit for 55 package.
The anticipated legislative piece was flanked by another front-page worthy European announcement this week as nine countries pledged to turn the North Sea into Europe’s biggest green power plant. With the Ostend Declaration, which builds upon last year’s equivalent penned in Esbjerg, the now expanded coalition of North Sea countries aims for 120 GW offshore wind by 2030 and at least 300 GW by 2050. In the margin of the summit, Denmark signed a total of five agreements to ensure that the green ambitions become a reality. Several of the Danish agreements with Belgium, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Germany will boost collaboration on connections between Denmark’s upcoming energy island in the North Sea and foreign energy hubs, ensuring that the green power produced in Danish waters benefits consumers and industries across the continent.
As if the state leaders’ bash in Belgium wasn’t enough, Wind Europe’s conference currently underway in Copenhagen provided the scene for yet an offshore agreement as Ukraine and Denmark expand their energy cooperation. As part of the new five-year collaboration, Denmark will assist in rebuilding damaged energy infrastructure while helping Ukrainian authorities develop a regulatory framework to expand its electricity supply. Before the war, Ukraine had around 1.7 GW of onshore wind, but a large part of the onshore turbines have been destroyed. While getting the existing turbines back in motion, the lifted tie-up eyes a significant buildout of Ukraine’s wind capacity at sea.
Finally, we at State of Green fulfilled the offshore galore by launching our brand-new visualisation of the Danish wind value chain. As a single-entry point to everything from recyclable blades and bird monitoring systems to maritime spatial planning, the digital universe encompasses all the ideas and solutions that make up the home of wind energy.
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