EU member states Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium recently said they wanted to increase wind power in the North Sea by a factor of 10 by 2050 to help the EU meet climate goals and avoid the use of Russian hydrocarbons.
These countries aim to quadruple (offshore) wind power generation to 65 gigawatts by 2030 and 10-fold to nearly 150 gigawatts by 2050.
150 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity will power 230 million homes. Based on the most powerful wind turbines currently on the market, the above-mentioned power generation is equivalent to the power generation of 15,000 to 20,000 wind turbines.
Here, the European Commission proposed a plan to accelerate the development of renewable energy worth 210 billion euros (about 220 billion U.S. dollars), a move aimed at reducing the EU's dependence on Russian natural gas as soon as possible.
