This part of the sea could facilitate the perfect conditions for building large-scale offshore wind farms thanks to its strong and consistent winds and relatively shallow waters. With the capacity to generate up to 300 gigawatts of electricity, the farms could power millions of homes.
With the new discovery, Europe could produce nearly 45,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, which is enough to power a vast number of industries and vehicles, while cutting harmful emissions.
However, the process isn’t without its issues, and one of these is the high upfront cost of building the infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Trump’s perceived hatred of wind farms prevails in the USA. Recently, nine already permitted offshore wind projects that would have provided electricity to nearly 5 million households and created about 9,000 jobs in the US are now under investigation or have been paused by the Trump administration.
The President has also barred any new solar and wind projects from federal land and waters, and removed incentives for clean energy.
During a conference with Ursula von der Leyen in July, Trump said, “We will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States, they’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains—I’m not talking about airplanes, I’m talking about beautiful plains.
“Beautiful areas in the United States, and you look up and you see windmills all over the place. It’s a horrible thing.”
Then, in a cabinet meeting last month, the President said, “We don’t allow windmills. We’re not allowing any windmills to go up, I mean, unless there’s a legal situation where somebody committed to it a long time ago.”
On Tuesday, he told the United Nations, “Countries are on the brink of destruction because of the green energy agenda.”
However, no evidence was presented that backed up the claim.