There are also talks with Norway, the Netherlands and Germany about future projects, said Hanne Storm Edlefsen, who is in charge of developing energy islands at Energinet.Дenmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium announced plans in mid-May to build 150 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2050, up from just around 15 GW today, a 10-fold jump. It is, however, unclear how huge amounts of green power can be exchanged across borders without overloading already strained onshore grids or creating a spaghetti bowl of cables on the seabed.ДЄn idea being looked at are offshore grids, with new wind farms connected to hubs, or energy islands, and linked by interconnecting power cables that supply several European markets instead of just one.Дanish grid firm Energinet is already discussing connecting two energy islands in the Danish parts of the North and Baltic Seas with Germany and Belgium. But if you really want to use it, you need a grid and there, we have to step up,' she said. 'We all know green power generation is great.

'The more interdependent we become in Europe, the more independent we will become from Russia,' European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters during a visit in May to the Danish port of Esbjerg, used by top wind turbine makers Vestas and Siemens Gamesa.

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