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European Countries Pledge 100 GW of Interconnected Wind Capacity
Leaders and industry representatives pledge 100 gigawatts of offshore wind power and focus on energy security and infrastructure protection amid geopolitical tensions.
- At the third North Sea Summit in Hamburg, leaders and energy ministers from ten Western and northern European countries meet, with Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Darragh O'Brien attending talks on offshore wind and hydrogen.
- Created after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the summit series aims to reduce fossil-fuel dependence and set a 300GW offshore wind goal by 2050 in the North Sea region.
- Reuters reported that delegates will sign a pact pledging 100GW of offshore wind, while Ireland's electrical grid will connect to the EU in 2028 via the Celtic Interconnector, supporting Ireland's government target of 5GW by 2030.
- With NATO invited, more than 100 company representatives and Steffen Meyer noted security in the High North will interest participants, reflecting concern for energy infrastructure protection.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will not attend the Hamburg summit, and Taoiseach Micheál Martin missed it to attend Brian Crowley's funeral, while Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz aims to make the North Sea the largest clean energy reservoir.
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The North Sea Summit will discuss better investment conditions, bilateral agreements and more efficient wind farms, thereby significantly reducing costs.
·Düsseldorf, Germany
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The large wind farms in the North Sea are Europe's most important centre for green energy. At a summit in Hamburg, the neighbouring states want to discuss how to connect the wind farms to a large "reservoir".
·Berlin, Germany
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Top politicians from nine North Sea neighbours meet at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg. Energy security, climate protection, Greenland: Which topics are on the agenda. Offshore wind energy is to become "freedom energy".
·Berlin, Germany
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