Germany and Denmark have signed an agreement to jointly install at least 3 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy capacity by the early 2030s, including 2 GW for Germany. Previous plans by the northern European countries to build a joint electricity grid under the North Sea have so far always encountered financial and regulatory difficulties. Now the transmission system operators (TSOs) 50Hertz (Germany) and Energinet (Denmark) have agreed to share investments and future profits equally between Germany and Denmark, without giving financial details.
Bornholm junction
The Bornholm Energy Island is part of a comprehensive Danish plan to increase domestic offshore wind power production fivefold by 2030. The new energy hub planned on the Danish island will connect several offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, enough to supply 4.5 million German households. The hub will be connected to Germany via a 470-kilometre-long power cable.
Last year, the two countries already commissioned a smaller, cross-border cable in the Baltic Sea that connects several wind farms.
The project creates a further basis for future green electricity imports to Germany and is intended to make the German electricity supply cheaper, more secure and less dependent on fossil fuels.
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