The North Sea is already home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm, but its seems the sea is about to get even greener as ten EU countries have signed a memorandum to develop an international offshore energy grid. The memorandum saw Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom pledge to combine renewable wind energy sources in the sea. The grid, which would become fully operational in 2020, would allow the EU countries to share renewable electricity throughout the continent and the British Isles.
The ten countries have pledged to work together to identify and to overcome the regulatory, legal, market, planning, and technical issues that will come with creating the North Sea grid. At the center of the North Sea Grid is Scotland, whose experience with offshore grids and the award-winning ISLES project (Irish Scottish Links on Energy Study) makes it the ideal country to headline the grid project.
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