On 23 March, European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic will address the very first North Seas Energy Forum, which will see the signature on the North Sea Wind Power Hub.
The Commission-led North Seas Energy Forum brings together representatives of the public, private and non-governmental sectors in the ten countries in the North Seas region including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.
At the meeting, representatives of Dutch, Danish and German transmission system operators will also sign an agreement to develop the North Sea Wind Power Hub. They will build a large artificial island in the North Sea that will link wind farms and transmit the electricity generated there to the entire North Sea region.
In 2016, the North Sea countries signed a political declaration at ministerial level, adopting an action plan for offshore wind development in the North Sea, accelerating the building of missing infrastructure links, aligning the regulatory framework and further integration of energy markets (see EUROPE 11566). (Original version in French by Emmanuel Hagry)