Germany has secured an influence hyperlink to a deliberate offshore wind hub within the Danish a part of the Baltic Sea that can assist cut back power dependence on Russia, Denmark’s power ministry mentioned on Monday.
The deliberate power hub on the island of Bornholm will by 2030 hyperlink a number of offshore wind parks within the Baltic Sea with a complete producing capability of not less than 3 gigawatts, sufficient to energy 4.5 million German households, the ministry mentioned in an announcement.
The hub will probably be related to Germany by way of a 470 kilometer energy cable.
Funding and future revenue will probably be shared equally between Germany and Denmark, the assertion mentioned with out giving monetary particulars.
“The Danish-German cooperation is a flagship undertaking,” Germany’s Minister of Economic system and Local weather, Robert Habeck, mentioned within the assertion.
“The inexperienced electrical energy from Bornholm Power Island will complement the nationwide electrical energy manufacturing and cut back our dependence on importing fossil power,” he mentioned.
Final 12 months, the 2 international locations started working a smaller cross-border cable that additionally connects a number of wind farms within the Baltic Sea.
Bornholm Power Island is a part of Denmark’s broader plan to extend home offshore wind energy manufacturing five-fold by 2030.
Early plans by Northern European international locations to create a standard energy grid beneath the North Sea to attach future offshore wind farms have confronted financing and regulatory challenges.
Denmark will host an power summit on the Baltic Sea island on Tuesday.
