Alternative energy EU - Offshore windparks: Sea breezes whip up jobs bonanza - by Adrian Pearson
EU civil servants have produced a Strategic Energy Review which will see billions of euros spent creating the supergrid in order to reduce dependency on Russian fuel and meet renewable energy commitments. The plan will see all wind farms off the coast linked up to one supply chain, making it easier and cheaper for developers to build offshore turbines.
Business leaders meeting at the influential North East Economic Forum’s energy seminar were told yesterday the European Commission was opening up the way for massive regional investment. Derek Taylor, senior energy adviser at the commission, yesterday told The Journal the changes “may take time, but they will produce jobs in this region”. He said: “The North Sea offshore grid is one of the six priority projects identified by the new strategy.
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