TenneT calls for acceleration of North Sea cross-border wind
Denmark, Esbjerg: Achieving ambitious national and international renewable energy targets requires intensification and acceleration of cooperation.
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Denmark, Esbjerg: Achieving ambitious national and international renewable energy targets requires intensification and acceleration of cooperation.
Tennet’s CEO Manon van Beek spoke at the North Sea Wind Summit in Esbjerg, Denmark, where Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the REPowerEU package to Heads of State from the four North Sea countries. Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium world leaders in offshore energy, met to map the way forward.
“To reach the new very ambitious climate targets, we need even more cross-border cooperation in Europe’s energy markets. We must use this opportunity today to boost our collaboration, as a group of like-minded partners. Together we can make the North Sea the powerhouse of Europe’s affordable, secure and green energy future. To succeed, we must take a fully international approach to the energy transition, working together with all the North Sea countries,” says Manon van Beek, CEO of TenneT.
Renewable energies, particularly offshore wind power, show their value at this urgent time of need and improve the supply of affordable electricity for European households. The crisis has shown the importance of accelerating the roll-out of offshore wind power in the North Sea for energy security and market stability. The REPowerEU package sets important steps shortening and simplifying permitting processes for the deployment of renewable energy. Grid infrastructure projects should benefit from same acceleration rules as renewable energy projects.
To achieve this acceleration the important elements of the political framework must fit together seamlessly: incentives for renewable generation, market design, security of supply, the building of infrastructure and the strategy for hydrogen. For all this, it is necessary to have a joint strategy.
“This conference led by Heads of State shows that developing the North Sea is “Chefsache” and it is about proving trust – trust in a comprehensive collaboration, trust to overcome thinking in boxes – whether they are geographic or different energy carriers, whether it is sellers or buyers” Manon van Beek said.
Source: TenneT
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