North Sea can host 135 GW wind capacity

The North Sea could become home to offshore wind farms with a combined generating capacity as high as 135 Giga Watt by 2030, as per a study conducted as part of an international project chaired by the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands. Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and the UK have coastlines around the North Sea. The study was undertaken by Windspeed, an offshore wind energy consulting firm.

Longest offshore transmission line

Dutch-German transmission grid operator TenneT will lay the longest offshore high voltage direct current cable network project yet to connect North Sea wind farms to the German mainland grid. The network will transmit wind energy to 1.5 million households.