Plans for an offshore energy grid have received the support of European leaders.
Proposals for a North Sea electrical grid that would connect offshore renewable energy projects to national grids in countries around the sea have received the support of EU leaders.
The project, which in one form has received the support of Greenpeace, would lay
electricity transmission lines in the North Sea and connect various countries.
This would allow for the growth of the offshore renewable energy installations as well as allowing to counter fluctuations in wind power, since when wind at one wind farm is low, there could be wind at another which could then be transferred.
According to New Energy Focus, at a meeting of the EU Council, it was agreed to include £155 million of funds for the Grid as part of a £3.7bn economic stimulus for energy projects.
The UK aims to generate 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2015.
We already have 21 offshore and onshore wind farms.
