North Sea Programme News Today

The Dutch government has designated three new areas and has confirmed two previously designated areas in the North Sea for the development of offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 10.7 GW.

The government considers offshore wind energy to be key in the transition to a near complete climate-neutral energy supply by 2050. With the fulfilment of offshore wind energy capacity targets for 2023 in sight, legislative and policy steps are being taken towards achieving follow-up targets set for 2030 and beyond. Recently, an additional draft to the North Sea Programme 2022-2027 was published by the government. The North Sea Programme 2022-2027 is expected to be adopted in March 2022.