- Eight European Union countries bordering the Baltic Sea agreed on Tuesday (30 August) to increase offshore wind power generation capacity sevenfold – to 20 gigawatts by 2030 – in order to decrease dependency on Russian energy.
- The Baltic Sea currently has 2.8 gigawatts (GW) offshore wind capacity installed.
- In May, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium announced a similar agreement to increase the North Sea’s wind power capacity tenfold to 150 gigawatts by 2050 to help the EU achieve climate goals and avoid Russian hydrocarbons.
EU’s Baltic Sea countries agree offshore wind power capacity boost
