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Europe will quintuple offshore wind capacity by 2030 and then quintuple again by 2050, according to the new European Commission strategy unveiled on Thursday. The investment will cost more than SEK 8 billion.
“This strategy provides a win-win situation for both the environment and the economy. We are aiming high, because it is urgent and there is great potential, “says the EU’s own climate change general, First Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans, at a press conference in Brussels, according to the TT news agency.
On Thursday, the European Commission presented its new strategy, Offshore Wind, an important component in the quest to increase the share of renewable energy sources.
The strategy means that Europe Altogether, it will go from the current marine capacity of 12 gigawatts (GW) to at least 60 GW in 2030 and 300 GW by 2050.
The Commission also wants to complement this with 40 GW of marine energy and new technologies such as floating wind and solar. The cost of all this is expected to exceed SEK 8 billion over the next 30 years.
The strategy contains promises to help mediate investment money, develop cooperation between EU countries and improve infrastructure, for example in ports.
From Denmark and Sweden, the proposal is already receiving approval.
“This is the most ambitious proposal on renewables that I have seen in the EU,” Anders Stouge of the Dansk Energi interest group said in a statement according to the Ritzau news agency.
For the coming of Sweden the new strategy will be a prerequisite for meeting electricity needs in the future, says EU MP Fredrick Federley (C).
“The need for electricity may increase by 60 percent by 2045, mostly due to climate change in industry and the transport sector. That is a drastic increase. So our electricity production must be 100 percent renewable. I think offshore wind can play an important role in this, says Fredrick Federley to Dagens industri and continues:
“This is a golden opportunity to rapidly increase the share of renewable energy sources. For us in Sweden, it can also reduce the lack of capacity in the power grids that we see here at home. “
Read the whole strategy here
