France, Germany and Nordic countries back North Sea wind power at summit

"Leaders and ministers were meeting in the German port city of Hamburg for the third North Sea summit on Monday after they pledged in 2023 to develop 300 gigawatts of clean energy capacity in the North Sea by mid-century. The "Hamburg Declaration" signed on Monday envisages that 100 GW of the targeted 300 GW will be quickly delivered through an "unprecedented fleet of joint offshore wind projects". That would be enough to power roughly 100 million homes."

"Germany, France, the UK, Norway and Denmark were among the countries which signed Monday's agreement, pledging to turn the North Sea into the "world's largest clean energy reservoir". Leaders from the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Luxembourg were also involved at the summit. According to the UK's energy ministry, the new projects will include wind farms at sea directly connected to more than one country through interconnectors."

Leaders and ministers met in Hamburg for the third North Sea summit after a 2023 pledge to develop 300 GW of clean energy capacity in the North Sea. The Hamburg Declaration envisages delivering 100 GW quickly through an unprecedented fleet of joint offshore wind projects, enough to power roughly 100 million homes. An intermediate 120 GW target for 2030 appears unlikely to be met on current trends. North Sea countries committed to turn the basin into the world's largest clean energy reservoir. Projects will include offshore wind farms directly connected to multiple countries via interconnectors to strengthen resilience and security of supply. Ed Miliband called offshore wind critical for clean energy and energy security.

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