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By 2030, this could mean powering some 30 million households in Northern Europe
Yesterday, 30 August, leaders from all the states bordering the Baltic Sea (minus Russia) met in Denmark and signed a declaration promising to massively expand offshore wind power capacity in order to provide much-needed energy security.
The document, known as the Marienborg Declaration, got together the host country plus Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia into a club that now sees eye to eye on the need for boosted electricity and hydrogen production using the natural force of the wind.
The ambition is to have 19.6 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 – a sevenfold increase compared to the current 2.8 GW. This could be enough power to feed the energy needs of between 22 and 30 million households in the wider region.
The Marienborg Declaration further recognises the substantial potential for offshore wind power in the Baltic Sea basin, reaching up to 93 GW, positioning the Baltic Sea as a crucial green vessel toward an energy-resilient and climate-neutral Europe. In addition to the potential for offshore wind, the Baltic Sea also boasts the potential for adding more grid connections between the countries’ electricity systems.
By working together on cross-border energy projects and technological integration, the EU Member States across the Baltic Sea take action on offshore wind development and synchronisation of power grids in the region.
To deliver on this, strong cooperation between the transition operators is crucial to ensure coordinated grid planning. Furthermore, the activation of market-based actors and private competence is vital in order to overcome barriers and secure a swift, cost-effective and commercially viable integration of offshore wind energy.
Concerted initiatives to strengthen cooperation at the political level have already played a significant role in this regard.
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The island is dead set on doing something about the problem of overtourism
The event, officially called Krakow Equality March, will be held next week
However, this option will not yet be available for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June
You can find it in the capital Sofia, where it was installed upon the initiative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
People in both cities got to sit together both in person and virtually
However, this option will not yet be available for the upcoming European Parliament elections in June
1.8 million residents in the country will therefore get a new address
You can find it in the capital Sofia, where it was installed upon the initiative of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
In case they have a patch of unoccupied land that they don’t know what to do with
And the results were immediate, two Sunday services had to be performed to accommodate the crowd
The island is dead set on doing something about the problem of overtourism
The event, officially called Krakow Equality March, will be held next week
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Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements.
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