Denmark, Poland, others announce plan to boost offshore wind energy

Seven Baltic Sea countries - Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Denmark - announced on Tuesday a seven-fold increase of wind power production by 2030 in northern Europe as a way to free the region from its dependence on Russian natural gas.

The countries agree to set combined goals for offshore wind in the Baltic Sea region of at least 19.6 GW by 2030.The present capacity of the Baltic Sea region is currently under 3 gigawatts.Under the plan, up to 1,700 new offshore wind turbines would produce power equivalent to almost 20 nuclear power plants, providing enough electricity for up to 30 million households.