Recommendation for additional locations on the North Sea for long term wind resource measurement for wind energy application
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Europe aims to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050 and has constantly
expanded its targets to realize such a goal. Most notably is the newest “Fit for 55”
framework, in which the 27 member-countries have agreed on reducing their national
greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This has
demanded further revision of national climate targets and considerations towards
increased deployment of renewable energy sources in all countries.
In this regard, the roll-out of renewable energy strongly relies on the deployment of
offshore wind farms, in which the European offshore wind plans have settled on a
target of 75GW of installed capacity in the North Sea by 2050. The Netherlands has
clear ambitions to develop its own offshore wind industry in the North Sea. It has
recently made considerable steps to further deploy this technology with the
announcement of 10 GW of additional wind energy capacity to be installed by 2030,
added to the already 11.5 GW originally planned under previous national climate
plans.
expanded its targets to realize such a goal. Most notably is the newest “Fit for 55”
framework, in which the 27 member-countries have agreed on reducing their national
greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This has
demanded further revision of national climate targets and considerations towards
increased deployment of renewable energy sources in all countries.
In this regard, the roll-out of renewable energy strongly relies on the deployment of
offshore wind farms, in which the European offshore wind plans have settled on a
target of 75GW of installed capacity in the North Sea by 2050. The Netherlands has
clear ambitions to develop its own offshore wind industry in the North Sea. It has
recently made considerable steps to further deploy this technology with the
announcement of 10 GW of additional wind energy capacity to be installed by 2030,
added to the already 11.5 GW originally planned under previous national climate
plans.
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TNO Identifier
963612
Publisher
TNO
Collation
22 p.
Place of publication
Petten