Renew Extra Weekly

Wind power is winning out most places, and the use of offshore wind sites is also now spreading fast. The UK is currently still in the lead on offshore wind, with 16GW installed, but that may change soon. Germany, despite having a limited coast line, has a target of 30GW by 2030 and has already installed over 9GW in the Baltic. Other EU countries, with more extensive coasts, are also pushing ahead.  And Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK have now signed up to the Hamburg Declaration , a commitment to deliver 100GW of joint offshore wind projects across shared North Sea waters by 2050. The €9.5 billion pact aims to turn the North Sea into the world’s ‘largest clean energy reservoir’ and mobilise €1 trillion of capital in Europe.  The Hamburg Declaration came just days after Donald Trump denigrated the uses of wind power. He has been very outspoken on the horrors of offshore wind, especially the UK programme. And ...