UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’

Britain among 10 countries to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said he wants the North Sea to become the largest reservoir of clean energy worldwide", as he announced plans to accelerate efforts to link up offshore wind power projects with Europe.

The UK and nine other European countries have agreed to accelerate the rollout of offshore windfarms in the 2030s and build a power grid in the North Sea, in a landmark pact to turn the ageing oil basin into a clean energy reservoir".