Från pressmeddelandet:

"The 'North Sea Electricity Grid [R]evolution' report calls for the creation of an offshore network to enable the smooth flow of electricity generated from renewable energy sources into the power systems of seven different countries: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. An integrated grid would bolster the development of renewable energy and allow significant emission savings."

Reuters rapporterar:

"A dip in wind power generation in one area could be balanced by higher production in another area, even hundreds of kilometres away, providing clean power for millions of European homes," said Frauke Thies, Greenpeace EU renewables campaigner.

The European Commission's head of renewable energy Hans Van Steen called the project "ambitious but realistic."

"It's a very important answer to those critics of wind power who say it is too variable," he added.

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/Anders