The Hamburg Declaration, signed at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg should secure 100GW of energy from joint clean‑energy projects in shared waters.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband signed the clean energy security pact with other European countries to drive forward a fleet of joint offshore wind projects between European countries, including Germany, Norway, France and Denmark, taking advantage of the potential energy in the North Sea.

Outcomes expected from the project include interconnected offshore grid sharing and deepening relations for collaboration on offshore hybrid assets such as subsea energy infrastructure that combine offshore wind farm connections with electricity interconnectors.

Jane Cooper, deputy chief executive of RenewableUK, said: “This ambitious announcement to build a vast number of new offshore wind farms jointly with our European partners will increase the energy security of the UK and the whole of the North Sea region significantly. This historic declaration puts offshore wind right at the heart of Europe’s power system, with the UK leading the way.”

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