@@certaindeath7776 that’s what Windmills do at their base which is underwater from what I understood. If you consider also seaweeds that will hugely help biodiversity in the north sea
@@pablocejas01 Does that include being a giant source of vibration to an environment that is big on vibrations? Like fishes have this organ that allows them to sense vibration and they use it to navigate their environment. Whales use vibrations to communicate. How is that going to work?
@@burreifort The actual installations, the planned ones, the suitable areas, the fishing areas and the military restricted zones in a single map to see in a simple glace how they overlap.
Technically, it would be very simple if each of the types of information would be on just one layer each. But he is not showing just maps, rather he animates stuff. So, I don't know how this influences things. Might be really time-consuming to make things work.
lol I remember when your videos had 100 views... And now you have more than 30.000 subscribers! You deserve it, your videos are really good and informative.
I love this video. I'm glad to see that you covered offshore wind so in-depth, and you also touched on seaweed farming too. That doesn't get a whole lot of attention. You just gained a subscriber.
@@IntoEurope This is happening! Signed today in Denmark with PM´s from Denmark/Belgium/Germany/Holland AND EU president van Der Leyen. At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, Heads of Governments from Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands took an enormous step toward reaching the EU’s climate neutrality goal by co-signing a joint declaration that will make the North Sea a green powerhouse for Europe. Together, the four countries want to harvest at least 150 GW of offshore wind in 2050. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the EU in a new geopolitical situation and the need for sustainable solutions and more renewable energy is more urgent than ever. At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo co-signed a joint declaration with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that sets an ambitious target to quadruple the four countries’ total offshore wind capacity by 2030 and increase the total offshore wind capacity to at least 150 GW by 2050. ”This summit truly is historic. Today, we opened a new chapter on renewable energy in Europe and delivered an ambitious declaration that will get us closer to achieving the EU’s climate goals. Not only that, these commitments made in Esbjerg will also help Europe become independent from fossil fuels in a sustainable way. With this green leap, the North Sea will become a renewable hub for Europe and provide power to millions of Europeans,” says Danish Minister of Climate and Energy, Dan Jørgensen. Additionally, each country’s energy minister attended the North Sea Summit along with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. The Ministers of Energy signed several bilateral declarations that cover ambitions on green hydrogen and the establishment of more energy islands in the North Sea. Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement that confirms the linkage of the energy island to Belgium in 2033. “Today is a historic day for Europe and for Belgium. Together with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, Belgium is taking the lead and joining forces to make the North Sea the largest Green Power Plant of Europe. Energy is today used as a weapon and our families and businesses are the victims. With this green acceleration we can replace gas and oil, especially from Russia, faster with wind at sea and green hydrogen. In this way, we will increase our energy independence and reduce our bills. Belgium is accelerating the energy transition by quadrupling offshore wind in the Belgian North Sea, a hybrid energy island and interconnections with neighboring countries,” says Tinne Van der Straaten, Belgian Minister of Energy. “This is an exciting collaboration between the four countries which will help us - and Europe - enhance the green energy production and further reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. All four countries are in a unique position to make use of the natural resources the North Sea provides: ample wind power in combination with a shallow seabed. Connecting the energy hubs and sharing resources and practices will allow us to fulfill our shared goals and I look forward to further develop our collective plans,” says Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ Minister for Climate and Energy Policy. “This is an important day for further reducing our dependence on gas imports and achieving climate neutrality. By developing joint cooperation projects with our North Sea partners, offshore wind energy in the region can be deployed even faster and more efficiently and new potentials for green hydrogen will be tapped. For projects to be realised swiftly, we also need the right regulatory market framework, in particular at EU level,“ says Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Earlier in the day, the Commission President presented the RePowerEU plan of becoming independent of Russian gas. All of the declarations signed at the North Sea Summit will help the EU achieve its comprehensive energy transition. “With the REPowerEU Plan published today, the EU gives another boost to renewable energy and reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, in particular Russian gas. As part of the measures to accelerate the green transition, we have proposed to make permitting in the EU faster and more streamlined, which will help to take full advantage of the offshore wind potential in Europe. The North Sea is the perfect place to lead the way in scaling up the offshore capacity quickly and I welcome the ambitious announcements of today. It is symbolic that we open this new chapter in Denmark, the birth-place of offshore wind technology,“ says Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy. FACTS The Joint Declaration entailed a goal of reaching a combined offshore wind target to at least 65 GW in 2030, and to increase total current capacity 10-fold to a minimum of 150 GW by 2050. The Ministers of Energy signed a declaration which, among other things, covers: Cooperation on connecting and maximizing capacity on the first energy island Planning the establishment of another energy island or hub in the North Sea Work for faster approval processes both nationally and in the EU and ensure more EU funds for offshore wind projects to reduce risks for investors Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement on sale of Danish renewable energy-shares to Belgium. The agreement confirms the establishment of a "hybrid interconnector" in the North Sea from Belgium to the energy island in 2033. The Netherlands and Denmark signed a "Ministerial endorsement" to analyse a specific configuration for connection between the Danish energy island and a Dutch offshore energy hub. Germany and Denmark signed a Letter of Intent to initiate bilateral cooperation on green hydrogen based on renewable energy both onshore and offshore. Read declerations and facts at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities' website
An extremely important project! wish this could happen in the Mediterranean sea and especially in Greece where we have a lot of islands still using oil plants for electricity... only problem is the seabed depth, there are not a lot of places with shallow waters unfortunately.
You live in a fairytale world my man . Wind farms are massive graveyards . Windmills vibrate. Fish use a sixth Sense called a lateral Line. The fish use it to detect vibrations in the water. Vibrations equals danger in most cases . (Larger fish bigger vibration) most fish Will not go near a windfarm . Also most fish in the northsea is flat fish or bottem fish . These kinds of fish prefer a flat (sand, muddy) seabed. Windfarms are filled with Stones to prevent erosion. Dolfins use vibrations for navigation and get desoriëntated from these vibrations. And then there is constant leakedge of hydrolic oil from windmills wich pollute any water filtering animals like mussels and oysters in wich become uneateble
The Danish energy islands is also set to have the largest hydrogen plant in the world, as well as experimental plants for “power to x” fuels. That is chemical fuels “built” using wind power. The island is also planned in a way that they can service and refuel ships that use the North Sea. In the final stages of the island, it is planned to be able to power the equivalent of up to 5 million homes. That is at least 5 times the entire power needs of Denmark. It’s the largest infrastructure project in Danish history at a cost of $36 billion.
@@norway4286 It depends on what you want to be on it. I assume the engineers and planners have thought about all options. From my understanding, some of it will be floating.
@@Lemonz1989 I am flabbergasted by your ignorance. Hydrogen plants and Power to X are diffenrent terms for the same thing. You feed electricity into the process and harvest so called green hydrogen in liquid state. What politicians fail to mention is that this includes a net energy loss of around 75 %. And while the plan to power 5 million homes is correct, it is nowhere near 5 times the entire power needs of Denmark. It would ( because the plans have recently been abandoned when politicians realised the financial ridiculousness of the project ) only deliver electricity which is only one part of the equation and the power demand for heating in Denmark is covered by our own natural gas resources in the North Sea and traditional power plants. Furthermore the estimated costs for the islands, which have now been abandoned due to costs, would amount to around DKK 86 billion which you find is nowhere near $ 36 billion. I know this as I consult into the industry and I was present at the industry conference in which representatives from the danish department of energy with great enthusiasm presented these plans and the whole room consisting of energy industry executives and experts immediately went silent and looked at eachother knowing instantly that this was a stupid idea which was never going to work. Fortunately we were right and it has now been abandoned so any further loss of taxpayers cash has been avoided.
@@kennethskjttstagistoft7203 Oh really, flabbergasted, you say? Power-to-x is NOT the same as power to hydrogen, or it wouldn’t need to be called “x”. Don’t you remember your mathematics where “x” is the variable? Hydrogen is ONE of the possibilities you can create from excess electrical power. You can create a whole range of chemicals and other forms of energy from excess electrical power, many of which can be used as fuel. You can create methane to burn as “natural gas”, ammonia (which might be used as fuel for ships), hydrogen (as you mentioned), synthetic liquid fuels for aviation or cars, direct heating as in district heating and so on, all of which fall under the umbrella of power-to-x. You can even create synthetic fertilizer from excess electrical power. As for “net loss”, that has to be taken into consideration, of course, but you also have to take into consideration the cost of losing “green energy” when supply exceeds demand, and then producing power in another way, like coal/gas/oil/etc., when demand exceeds supply. Renewables can be made cheaper in certain cases if some of that power can be converted into some other form of energy that can be used somewhere else in society, or used at a later time, instead of just letting it go 100% to waste. This equation becomes more and more relevant the more renewables we install in the grid. I don’t remember exactly how much power it was supposed to produce now, since this comment is over 2 years old, but electricity can easily be made into heating, so an excess in electricity can in theory power everything in society if you convert it correctly. As a “consultant for the industry” I would have expected you to know that. Multiple district heating companies in Denmark use electricity to heat their water for their district heating area. Some use wind turbines, some used solar and some use both. My district heating company gets 5% of its energy from wind turbines and most of its energy from trash and biomass incineration. Some smaller companies get 100% of their energy for heating from electricity. As for the price, the estimated price for the entire project, which was set to be finished at around 2050, was set at 210 billion DKK, which at the current exchange rate is $30.37 billion. I calculated it at $36 billion when I wrote the comment 2 years ago, at the exchange rate at the time. This is according to Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet. Also, I know it has been abandoned. I wrote this comment in 2021.
@@Lemonz1989 Let´s start from the bottom just for the hell of it. I think I know where the 210 billion came from. That is most likely the total cost of the frame agreement with Germany and the Netherlands to build 10.000 wind turbines in the North Sea which, by the way is not going to happen, Very few district heating companies use electricity for heating as it is prohibitively expensive and let´s not even go into the biomass discussion which probably is the worst hoax of them all. We import a significant part of our biomass from the Baltics, Canada and the US where they fell living trees and export them to us so we artificially can boost our CO2 balance as biomass in general is considered to be green in the EU markets. You are in theory right about the possible uses of electricity. However in reality energy conversion losses often makes this not financially viable. Secondly running large tankers, aeroplanes and trucks on electricity has also proven not to be viable yet. This is part of the knowledge I have deriven from my role as consultant to the industry. You are spot on with your supply /demand argument or rather you would have been if we were able to make our own decisions on this front. Unfortunate NorthPool which we set up with Sweden and Norway to share resources on a cost base basis has evolved into an uncontrollable monster in which Germany and others can force us to sell any excess to them at margin prices.Which actually sometimes leads to wind operators shutting down parks as they get more renumeration from the market for doing so. I do indeed know what you can derive from electricity. However much of it needs 1 or more addtional components like for instance CO2, gas or water. Electricity on its own can generate nothing but heat. The reason I mentioned green hydrogen was that that was the only plan laid down for the islands. So I was using the term in the context of the subject we were talking about.
As a guy who lives in Eastern Europe in a very sparsely populated country the idea of running out of space in a sea seems mindboggling. It truly is amazing how now we are not only maxing out the land but the sea as well.
I mean those marine exercise areas? Well i guess they can be easily relocated. I doubt there is a lot of infrastructure... oh and parts of it are problems created by laws and regulations. For example that fisherboats aren't allowed to fish between wind farms. Why not?
Content from a European producer which involves mentioning the UK without a dive at Brexit or General A Anglophobia. Actually reporting on the facts and how northern European countries related to the North Sea are working together positively it’s very refreshing
I don't get how people can being against having wind turbines close to you. I mean they're one of the prettiest things ever, they take up barely any space and are incredibly elegant and pretty. I'd love to have one nearby, better than the busy road I actually have.
@@hedgehog3180 they are realy realy noisy they build a lot in countryside here and i can tel you its not pleasant to live near them its frankly quite anoying you hear woooooooooosh .......... woooooooooosh 24/7
Very very interesting! The difference between theory and practical is action, and it seems like the countries mentioned have gone that one step closer to taking action
I don’t think that oil pipelines can be used for Hydrogen. Hydrogen(even as a liquid) can leak through seemingly solid metal which makes it hard to transport. Otherwise, lower energy prices, more fish, new technologies- what could go wrong?
When have prices ever dropped? Another problem is base load. Only nuclear can fill this void in absence of gas and coal. However, gas central heating is still far superior to anything else.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 why can only nuclear fill that? Hydro can fill it too. Or battery storages, however they are accomplished (chemical, gravitational etc). And if we increase production enough and diversify it it can reliably produce more than 6%. And 6% is the amount of nuclear energy in Germany and our power grid is stable. Nuclear is as dirty as coal, its pollution is just extremely long term
@@godmode8687 Battery storage is very dirty. Do you know how much goes into batteries from slavery sources, what happens to the land in battery creation? It pumps very toxic chemicals into the ground in third world countries and is the most immoral thing you can do. On top of which, I am writing on a computer, which is full of horror in terms of its creation. Battery waste is no laughing matter either. Nuclear waste can be stored and sealed deep underground and it's not going to be lost for room. This does not effect humans above and is far cleaner than batteries. Hydro could work too, but try getting permits and the environmental requirements and disruption to marine life etc comes into play. It will just take too long but it could certainly play its part. Hydro is the most predictable of course. I am surprised hydro has not had more attention. Norway could teach a thing or two.
I could imagine those shallow-water wind farms becoming sanctuaries for fish, due to the inability of trawlers to operate in them. Edit: guess he mentioned this at the end, hadn't watched that far when I wrote this comment.
What’d be super cool is if they used these energy islands or possibly converted oil rigs to power the system like Porsche/Siemens Energy did in Chile that creates combustible fuels like gasoline and kerosene by pulling CO2 from the air (thus leading to the fuel being carbon-neutral when burned again) and using the existing pipeline infrastructure to move it to shore. The oil industry is already very familiar with petrochemical science, all that will change this time is that it isn’t coming from crude oil. Like it or not there will be use cases in which combustion will be needed for a long time (airplanes are easily the biggest one I can think of) and this would enable us to speed up the green transition by making any combustion-based technology carbon neutral, and on top of all that, this would grant the EU the ability to store clean energy in a very stable form for long periods of time protecting energy security in case of unexpected problems as well as export this clean energy to other markets who may not have the infrastructure
There are 3 main ways to effectively judge wind power. Wind power production (TW/h), average power projection (MW/h) and total wind potential capture (GW capacity). Lots of maths needed to compute the first 2.....so it is much easier to use the GW capacity measure. Germany leads Europe in total wind capacity, just over double the next country (Spain) - with onshore at 56.8GW and offshore 7.8GW - as at June '22. These figures are technically described as nameplate capacity. Here comes the kicker. Capacity factor, in other words the % of power produced relative to GW potential is far higher offshore than onshore. Total 2021 metrics had Germany capacity factor onshore at 19.97%, and offshore at 35.26%. Simplistically, there is more and steadier wind to harness at sea, and far bigger turbines to efficiently take advantage of that. Let's now look at the European leader in offshore wind capacity - the UK, whose investment in the North Sea/Atlantic wind farms has been astonishing. As at the 1st quarter of 2022, the UK has 13.6GW installed capacity, not quite the total of the rest of Europe combined. They currently have the 4 biggest wind farms in the World in the North Sea. Currently being built is an additional 4GW offshore capacity, all to be delivered/online before the end of 2023 - Dogger Bank A and B and Seagreen (Alpha/Bravo) being the largest builds. Poland, France and Italy all have costed projects at the latter planning stages - OWF Baltyk 1, 2 and 3/Noirmoutier/Med Wind. The UK has 19.8GW at the same stage, with onshore stations already being undertaken for some of the projects. Whilst I am not able to make predictions, every wind farm application to have been at the same stage in the UK has been built. Other European partners have also committed themselves to targets on net zero - and these may be the best option at achieving that aim. Here is the problem. There is not currently enough links between country's to import and export power, the largest a 2GW link built in 1986 between England and France. Whilst this isn't an immediate need, the video above highlights the necessity of partnership between European offshore countries......and that isn't anywhere to be seen in all the planning applications I have looked at so far.
I am slightly confused, by your mutually exclusive comments, where you first said, that wind farms are bad for fish, and then you almost immediately said that they are helping to increase the fish stocks and seaweed beds, surely it cannot be both, can it????? As a Conservation supporter, and life long commercial fisherman, I don’t believe that they are mutually exclusive, and if done correctly, they can be both things at the same time...... Especially if, they make sure that they only put the turbines in place, outside of the breeding times(which are already known) of the fish, and then make sure that they are placed with as little disturbance(so they don’t choke the marine life with mud/sand particles, or poison them with any chemicals needed for the job) of the sea bed as possible....... Because when they are in place, the wind-farms are effectively conservation areas(which can if they want, allow rod and line fishing, which is not a problem for most fish stocks), because nobody can commercially fish!inside of those areas, for safety reasons......... And, this will obviously help the fish stocks in the surrounding areas(as the excess fish stocks leave for less crowded areas), which has been proven by the increased catches around the Conservation areas that we already have, and I know this is true, because I have been a commercial fisherman all of my working life, and I know for a fact, that the catches of lobsters outside of the Lundy island Conservation area, have got better since the stocks of lobsters have risen inside the no fishing area....... The main thing we have to make sure of, is that there is enough farms, that are surrounding enough of the different types of sea bed(reefs; sand banks, mud and the deeper holes that are found in the North Sea), as well as being close enough together, to allow the fish to be able to move from each area to a new one easily........ Because, fish have tails(which is what makes the statement about english fish for British fishermen, so stupid), and they biologically need to travel, because they rely on different foods, at different times of the year, this is why, they have to save as many of the different types of sea bed, and each wind farm must be as large as possible, to make this work, for both energy and for the conservation of fish/sea life too..........
The North Sea deserves to be one of the busiest seas of the Atlantic Ocean with the English Channel being the busiest sea route which connects both Celtic and North Seas.
Well I also hear rumors and gossips. But I rather hear evidence, be it scientific, economic, statistic or otherwise. That could maybe change my standpoint in this case.
The floating devices could store CO2 and work as a battery (with additional generator and other stuff needed when extruding the energy from lickuid- to gas CO2).
My thinking is that these energy islands could be a good idea, but these offshore wind farms are highly unlikely if it interferes with fishing. Why? Just look at the hissy fit the British threw during Brexit.
.....well shouldn't interfere with fishing if ur fishing in ur own territory simple, the EU isnt building thsi stuff in British waters, and the britsh made such a hissy fit cos, it's the territorial waters and has the decision on who they want fishing their quite easy to think about, ur citizens come first, so their " hissy fit" is justified
The biggest problem in the near future is going to be how we balance all the renewables. Hydro power could use pumps to increase storage with 70-80% efficiency, when there is surplus wind. BUT this is not in use in Europe afaik. There is a proposal to make one in Scotland.
I never heared the idea of using the produced electricity to transform into hydrogen offshore together. The reusage of old pipelines is great and helps distributing green hydrogen/engergy to the south of the european countries. The need of an electric power line from north to south may not be built, when transformed to gas before.
This is all well and good until we get weather like this summer were there have been low wind speeds or non at all, the minmum speed to start generating power is 12 knots. what pray are we going to do with no wind and darkness when we switch the lights on !
Sorry I'm very skeptical seeing wind turbines as green energy. It will have an impact on environment (we don't even see now) especially with planned scale, it freaks me out.
Can Oil & Gas pipe lines be used for H2 or CO2, or do you need pipelines of different metals ( Hydrogen brittles some metals , CO2 can be acidic) Is it true the UK power companies have already scrapped stainless steel pipe lines which would have been good for CCS ?
you should make one of these videos about one of the biggest countries in Europe if you count the EEZ area, Portugal. the atlantic area is insane because of Madeira and Azores. we will be the country of the XXI century.
Just built a couple of nuclear power plants, problem solved. Instead they plan to blot the north sea with monstrosities called wind turbines, hundreds and hundreds of them which will necessitate digging up the sea bed in the best fishing grounds. Think of the difficulty of maintenance, accessing them in bad weather etc. The weather systems in this relatively small area of sea will be about equal windwise. So during long fine periods during the summer months there will be little wind and little power produced.
I advice the owner of the channel as well as everyone that speaks French to go check Jean Marc Jancovici, French engeneer, who talks thoroughly about energy and "green energy", which doesn't exist. He has some videos in English so if you don't speak French you can still access some of his content. Solar, wind, hydrogen, electric, etc is taking us nowhere but against a wall just like fossile fuels, only worse because it hides the real underlying problem under a false idea of virtuosity. My comment will not make a difference , that's why I rarely comment, but if it makes at least one person know about this alternative less mainstream information, it's worth it! Cheers
Read and learn from actual reality. This is happening! Signed today! At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, Heads of Governments from Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands took an enormous step toward reaching the EU’s climate neutrality goal by co-signing a joint declaration that will make the North Sea a green powerhouse for Europe. Together, the four countries want to harvest at least 150 GW of offshore wind in 2050. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the EU in a new geopolitical situation and the need for sustainable solutions and more renewable energy is more urgent than ever. At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo co-signed a joint declaration with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that sets an ambitious target to quadruple the four countries’ total offshore wind capacity by 2030 and increase the total offshore wind capacity to at least 150 GW by 2050. ”This summit truly is historic. Today, we opened a new chapter on renewable energy in Europe and delivered an ambitious declaration that will get us closer to achieving the EU’s climate goals. Not only that, these commitments made in Esbjerg will also help Europe become independent from fossil fuels in a sustainable way. With this green leap, the North Sea will become a renewable hub for Europe and provide power to millions of Europeans,” says Danish Minister of Climate and Energy, Dan Jørgensen. Additionally, each country’s energy minister attended the North Sea Summit along with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. The Ministers of Energy signed several bilateral declarations that cover ambitions on green hydrogen and the establishment of more energy islands in the North Sea. Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement that confirms the linkage of the energy island to Belgium in 2033. “Today is a historic day for Europe and for Belgium. Together with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, Belgium is taking the lead and joining forces to make the North Sea the largest Green Power Plant of Europe. Energy is today used as a weapon and our families and businesses are the victims. With this green acceleration we can replace gas and oil, especially from Russia, faster with wind at sea and green hydrogen. In this way, we will increase our energy independence and reduce our bills. Belgium is accelerating the energy transition by quadrupling offshore wind in the Belgian North Sea, a hybrid energy island and interconnections with neighboring countries,” says Tinne Van der Straaten, Belgian Minister of Energy. “This is an exciting collaboration between the four countries which will help us - and Europe - enhance the green energy production and further reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. All four countries are in a unique position to make use of the natural resources the North Sea provides: ample wind power in combination with a shallow seabed. Connecting the energy hubs and sharing resources and practices will allow us to fulfill our shared goals and I look forward to further develop our collective plans,” says Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ Minister for Climate and Energy Policy. “This is an important day for further reducing our dependence on gas imports and achieving climate neutrality. By developing joint cooperation projects with our North Sea partners, offshore wind energy in the region can be deployed even faster and more efficiently and new potentials for green hydrogen will be tapped. For projects to be realised swiftly, we also need the right regulatory market framework, in particular at EU level,“ says Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Earlier in the day, the Commission President presented the RePowerEU plan of becoming independent of Russian gas. All of the declarations signed at the North Sea Summit will help the EU achieve its comprehensive energy transition. “With the REPowerEU Plan published today, the EU gives another boost to renewable energy and reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, in particular Russian gas. As part of the measures to accelerate the green transition, we have proposed to make permitting in the EU faster and more streamlined, which will help to take full advantage of the offshore wind potential in Europe. The North Sea is the perfect place to lead the way in scaling up the offshore capacity quickly and I welcome the ambitious announcements of today. It is symbolic that we open this new chapter in Denmark, the birth-place of offshore wind technology,“ says Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy. FACTS The Joint Declaration entailed a goal of reaching a combined offshore wind target to at least 65 GW in 2030, and to increase total current capacity 10-fold to a minimum of 150 GW by 2050. The Ministers of Energy signed a declaration which, among other things, covers: Cooperation on connecting and maximizing capacity on the first energy island Planning the establishment of another energy island or hub in the North Sea Work for faster approval processes both nationally and in the EU and ensure more EU funds for offshore wind projects to reduce risks for investors Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement on sale of Danish renewable energy-shares to Belgium. The agreement confirms the establishment of a "hybrid interconnector" in the North Sea from Belgium to the energy island in 2033. The Netherlands and Denmark signed a "Ministerial endorsement" to analyse a specific configuration for connection between the Danish energy island and a Dutch offshore energy hub. Germany and Denmark signed a Letter of Intent to initiate bilateral cooperation on green hydrogen based on renewable energy both onshore and offshore. Read declerations and facts at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities' website
UK fishing stock was largely decimated by UK fisheries themselves (due to increased demand across 1800s 1900s as people inland started wanting fish to eat) & the “cod wars” with iceland, I’m not really sure what you’re talking about
I wonder, what the Dutch idea of draining the North Sea, by damming it off to the north and south(and they stupidly suggested that the southern one of the dams, would go from the Lizard point of Cornwall UK, across to France, which would mean the loss of Dover as a port, which is obviously unacceptable), and turning the sea bed into more room for the surrounding countries, will mean to this use of wind power??????
3:20, are you sure about the data here, Poland's and Germany capacity at 300GW? As far as I know Poland's energy consumption is between 10 and 20GW,peak shouldn't be higher than 25. I don't know the stats for Germany but should be double that of Poland. So both countries would have the capacity of no more than 100GW.
Yes I'm quite sure! Germany had an installed capacity of 218GW in 2019 and Poland has an installed capacity of 43GW in 2020 from what I had read (though admitedly not all capacity is used at once). Cheers, -Hugo
Installed Capacity is a poor metric. All electricity power generation "plants" have a Capacity Factor, usually expressed as a percentage. Each wind farm has an individual capacity factor, to reflect the "real" power output over a relevant time period. Far offshore farms with very large turbines are now hitting very high capacity factors. If the average capacity factor is 33%, use one third of the installed capacity, which I see is what you have done. Stable high pressure over northern Europe can mean that there is no production for days. energynumbers.info/capacity-factors-at-danish-offshore-wind-farms
@@christianwhittall5889 Wind is not cheaper, go and study before you comment. Having windfarms to supply 40 gW costs about 50 bilion euro while a single conventional plant that produces 5 gW costs about 1 bilion. There is nothing cheap about windmills nor renewable, since they cannot be recycled. On top of that wind mills have to be replaced every 20 years, so they will roughly pay for them self. Finally all the parts for windmills are produced in chineese factories electrified by coal.
I have a friend who often sails the North Sea. He says that the current wind mills at sea are almost never in use due to maintenance. It's a fact that they very often break, or that the electrical cables on the bottom are broken. The wind farms life span is only about 10 years after the will be scrapped. When there's no wind, they produce no electricity and there's no revenue. When the wind is heavy, all wind farms produce too much electricity and the price is plummeted, resulting in no revenue. Many wind farms in Sweden are going bankruptcy. The whole project with wind mills is a disaster!
Hmm. North sea Wind farms... What else can we do? Solar Sahara? Wind gulf of Mexico? Could China go Solar in their dessert regions? Kinda funny how these places for oil are good for these 2 green alternatives.
Asia want to have the same amount of wind turbines in the whole of Europe in just one of the proposed wind farms. France, Italy and Greece are all starting up with building wind farms as-well.
Oh please, here too ??? Do we have to endure brexiters in all EU related channel ? Get lost, you left, good luck for you poor deals with countries located on the exact opposite side of planet Earth and leave us alone.
@@Kafei01 Typical hypocrite. You castigate the Brexiteer for responding to an anti Brexit comment, but you decline to castigate the original comment itself. Instead, you should have declared this a neutrality zone and not taken sides. I hate double standards, so now Im taking sides. Clearly, we've got more fish than you buddy, more wave power than you, and I was gonna say more wind power, but maybe not when you talk out of your back side.......
Great britain or "United Kingdom" what a sick joke this is... London only represents Westminster and The City of London it openly refuses to represent England the exCountry which grants it the status of being a Capital City...and it uses it's corrupt cotierie of preselected constituency MP's to do it.....these professional liars are picked to represent Westminster to us instead of us to Westminster! What is britain ... it is an Island which has never been a United Country everything is controlled from the centre... London maintains a plantation economy and The Manor House is alway's Westminster the only symbol they worship is THE DOUBLE CROSS.... I live in England which has no representative English Gov't of it's own.. I recognise Scotland Wales and N.Ireland and it's people's. .Only City's have Empire's and Empire's only recognise ..colonies ...Westminster's top down administration ensures that we are powerless inferiior and invisible... Look at Brussell's and how well it succeeded in dividing the ex-country called Belgium to demean exploit and dominate it. This diseased apposite of democracy is spreading across Europe like th plague take a look .... there are plenty of other examples you can choose from. The process of applied domination diminuition and denigration of the rest of Europe...is accelerating and intensifiying and this only the start!
wind turbines are barely economically viable and thats with the amounts of oil it needs around 80gallons per turbine each year i wonder who sold them this pipe dream good idea if turbines where really green energy i would just say nuclear and keep pumping money into fusion research
@@nightowl3218 of course the country has... Where is Dunkirk? On the shore of the North sea, not the channel. The same for Calais in fact. Look at this mp: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordzee#/media/Bestand%3ALocatie_Noordzee.PNG Ps: I am french....
In coastal cities, the Uk tightened restrictions in the 90s for a British fishermen. Meanwhile 9/10 fishing boats are foreign and can fish more. It’s wrong. British waters (and I’m talking a few miles off the coast) are overfished. Thank god EU fishing quotas are being decreased. You get Spanish boats all the way to the south western part of British waters. Ridiculous. Overfished
@@nightowl3218 good for you, and you have also ruined the future of the uk with the brexit vote. fishing stands for 1% of your gdp and you traded that for >20% of your GDP.
@@zaarkeru3391 not really other countries exist outside of the eu and trade will still happen between the uk and European countries. Also France themselves said they want to create something like the eu that would include the uk and Ukraine so nothing is impossible
@@nightowl3218 the uk: lets reduce trade with our rich neighbours so we can trade with shitpoor nations on the other side of the planet, which we could trade with before. xD no wonder the uk is a failing empire. and we call the Americans dumb ...
Your last three videos are much better than anything you've done before. I'm glad that you removed the cartoon version of yourself, the videos now seem more focused and have a smoother pace. I hope you'll soon reach 100k subs.
At least the Finnish auto translation sucks ass (like always). For exaple "leads to storm surges that regularly batter the coast" is translated "johtaa myrskyn aaltoihin, jotka säännöllisesti pakenevat rannikkoa". Which actually means "leads storm's waves which regularly escape the coast".
its becoming nearly the biggest mistake honestly, but not advertise properly is an European thing to be honest, its very typical on all European companies etc
Conversely, would it really be such a great sign to live in a place that has to constantly advertise itself to its people to legitimize its existence or foster patriotic feelings? I get the point. For a long time I thought the same. But I think it's more important to eradicate (and I really mean eradicate) misinformation about the EU. Within Europe but also abroad. And most of all confront state actors including allies like the US and UK (but mostly Russia and China of course).
The energy potential is not as good as in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea is mostly significantly deeper, which is currently not economicly viable.
the north sea is a relatively flat sea. dogger bank was an connected to england and europe in a timeframe, where humans already settled this area, so in a geological timeframe not so long ago. mediterranean sea is much much deeper, down to 5000m deep or 3000? im not sure, but its deep. close to impossible to build stationary there, maybe in adria. if we have swimming E-Farms, we could think of that. whats already in discussion are big scale solar farms in northern africa. caspian sea would be an option too, but thats not EU concern, the flat part of caspian mostly belongs to russia.
This is incredible, i didn't even knew this project existed. Impressive, first i didn't get how Germany would manage without nuclear energy, but i'm begining to understand the big picture now...
It still bothers me, that they didn't do this whole denuclearisation after they became 100% renewable, so they can replace them with green energy, not coal...
The main problem we have in Germany is the storage and that we need new power lines to southern Germany (already for a few decades in the conversation), but environmental associations / organizations, private citizens, etc. brake / prevent this, through lawsuits / expert opinions and many people do not want to have one through their garden / property. If then still a rare insect, mouse, bat species is found, it will not go forward for a few years, e.g. like other major projects in Germany Stuttgart 21 (lizards and mice).
@@Janoip Storage could be overcome with Switzerland. We have a big storage lake, which is empty atm cuz it's not profitable atm. But I guess, this won't be an option cuz politics....
@@bujinkan1603 With current wind and solar prices It now actually makes seance to over produce by a large margin and curtail as well as trying to store it. I also imagine the hydrogen industry will be fairly flexible in terms of the demand side assuming it can scale up enough.
exactly what i was thinking, these turbines are non-recyclable and will go to waste withing 10 years. a powerplant is more space effiecient, cost effiecient, and is able to stay open for atleast 20-30 years
Very interesting and informative video. And this is just talking about resources.. I think the North Sea's waters will turn into liquid gold once the Arctic route will be finally navigable all year round.
Its hard to believe that this is work of one guy with a microphone. Video quality is insane.
Pity he supports wind theft from the birds.
@@guff9567 Really?
@@dietcab-kem6142 Give us back our wind. Signed: The Birds.
Invest in north sea wind farms (+3 civ)
@@guff9567 This must be an old petition. I think The Birds disbanded in 1967.
Those turbine areas could help in helping maintain safe areas for fish to repopulate every season.
we could even create some artificial banks for windfarms + sea life.
@@certaindeath7776 that’s what Windmills do at their base which is underwater from what I understood. If you consider also seaweeds that will hugely help biodiversity in the north sea
Ridiculous. The evil humans are stealing the wind from the birds
@@guff9567 Lol... Nice
@@pablocejas01 Does that include being a giant source of vibration to an environment that is big on vibrations? Like fishes have this organ that allows them to sense vibration and they use it to navigate their environment. Whales use vibrations to communicate.
How is that going to work?
The only thing I missed is merging every map to see how they overlap.
Exactly my thought.
Care to elaborate that?
@@burreifort The actual installations, the planned ones, the suitable areas, the fishing areas and the military restricted zones in a single map to see in a simple glace how they overlap.
Technically, it would be very simple if each of the types of information would be on just one layer each. But he is not showing just maps, rather he animates stuff. So, I don't know how this influences things. Might be really time-consuming to make things work.
When I go the the coast in the North East of the UK I can see loads of wind turbines spinning. It's always windy out at sea.
lol I remember when your videos had 100 views... And now you have more than 30.000 subscribers! You deserve it, your videos are really good and informative.
I remember when I had 15 views on a video that took 4 days to make (and was happy about it) :,)
Thanks for the support! :)
Oh man I learned so much from this, the "Blue Banana" for example is just another deep rabbit hole I'm just falling into :D
I love this video. I'm glad to see that you covered offshore wind so in-depth, and you also touched on seaweed farming too. That doesn't get a whole lot of attention. You just gained a subscriber.
Hey, I just discovered your channel and realised that I’ve unwittingly watched like all of your videos :) Keep up the awesome reporting.
Thanks! Will do!
@@IntoEurope This is happening! Signed today in Denmark with PM´s from Denmark/Belgium/Germany/Holland AND EU president van Der Leyen.
At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, Heads of Governments from Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands took an enormous step toward reaching the EU’s climate neutrality goal by co-signing a joint declaration that will make the North Sea a green powerhouse for Europe. Together, the four countries want to harvest at least 150 GW of offshore wind in 2050.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the EU in a new geopolitical situation and the need for sustainable solutions and more renewable energy is more urgent than ever. At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo co-signed a joint declaration with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that sets an ambitious target to quadruple the four countries’ total offshore wind capacity by 2030 and increase the total offshore wind capacity to at least 150 GW by 2050.
”This summit truly is historic. Today, we opened a new chapter on renewable energy in Europe and delivered an ambitious declaration that will get us closer to achieving the EU’s climate goals. Not only that, these commitments made in Esbjerg will also help Europe become independent from fossil fuels in a sustainable way. With this green leap, the North Sea will become a renewable hub for Europe and provide power to millions of Europeans,” says Danish Minister of Climate and Energy, Dan Jørgensen.
Additionally, each country’s energy minister attended the North Sea Summit along with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. The Ministers of Energy signed several bilateral declarations that cover ambitions on green hydrogen and the establishment of more energy islands in the North Sea. Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement that confirms the linkage of the energy island to Belgium in 2033.
“Today is a historic day for Europe and for Belgium. Together with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, Belgium is taking the lead and joining forces to make the North Sea the largest Green Power Plant of Europe. Energy is today used as a weapon and our families and businesses are the victims. With this green acceleration we can replace gas and oil, especially from Russia, faster with wind at sea and green hydrogen. In this way, we will increase our energy independence and reduce our bills. Belgium is accelerating the energy transition by quadrupling offshore wind in the Belgian North Sea, a hybrid energy island and interconnections with neighboring countries,” says Tinne Van der Straaten, Belgian Minister of Energy.
“This is an exciting collaboration between the four countries which will help us - and Europe - enhance the green energy production and further reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. All four countries are in a unique position to make use of the natural resources the North Sea provides: ample wind power in combination with a shallow seabed. Connecting the energy hubs and sharing resources and practices will allow us to fulfill our shared goals and I look forward to further develop our collective plans,” says Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ Minister for Climate and Energy Policy.
“This is an important day for further reducing our dependence on gas imports and achieving climate neutrality. By developing joint cooperation projects with our North Sea partners, offshore wind energy in the region can be deployed even faster and more efficiently and new potentials for green hydrogen will be tapped. For projects to be realised swiftly, we also need the right regulatory market framework, in particular at EU level,“ says Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Earlier in the day, the Commission President presented the RePowerEU plan of becoming independent of Russian gas. All of the declarations signed at the North Sea Summit will help the EU achieve its comprehensive energy transition.
“With the REPowerEU Plan published today, the EU gives another boost to renewable energy and reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, in particular Russian gas. As part of the measures to accelerate the green transition, we have proposed to make permitting in the EU faster and more streamlined, which will help to take full advantage of the offshore wind potential in Europe. The North Sea is the perfect place to lead the way in scaling up the offshore capacity quickly and I welcome the ambitious announcements of today. It is symbolic that we open this new chapter in Denmark, the birth-place of offshore wind technology,“ says Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy.
FACTS
The Joint Declaration entailed a goal of reaching a combined offshore wind target to at least 65 GW in 2030, and to increase total current capacity 10-fold to a minimum of 150 GW by 2050.
The Ministers of Energy signed a declaration which, among other things, covers:
Cooperation on connecting and maximizing capacity on the first energy island
Planning the establishment of another energy island or hub in the North Sea
Work for faster approval processes both nationally and in the EU and ensure more EU funds for offshore wind projects to reduce risks for investors
Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement on sale of Danish renewable energy-shares to Belgium. The agreement confirms the establishment of a "hybrid interconnector" in the North Sea from Belgium to the energy island in 2033.
The Netherlands and Denmark signed a "Ministerial endorsement" to analyse a specific configuration for connection between the Danish energy island and a Dutch offshore energy hub.
Germany and Denmark signed a Letter of Intent to initiate bilateral cooperation on green hydrogen based on renewable energy both onshore and offshore.
Read declerations and facts at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities' website
An extremely important project! wish this could happen in the Mediterranean sea and especially in Greece where we have a lot of islands still using oil plants for electricity... only problem is the seabed depth, there are not a lot of places with shallow waters unfortunately.
I've been reading recently that floating wind turbines might be almost ready now. We'll see, I guess. Perhaps something changed in the past few years?
You live in a fairytale world my man . Wind farms are massive graveyards . Windmills vibrate. Fish use a sixth Sense called a lateral Line. The fish use it to detect vibrations in the water. Vibrations equals danger in most cases . (Larger fish bigger vibration) most fish Will not go near a windfarm . Also most fish in the northsea is flat fish or bottem fish . These kinds of fish prefer a flat (sand, muddy) seabed. Windfarms are filled with Stones to prevent erosion. Dolfins use vibrations for navigation and get desoriëntated from these vibrations. And then there is constant leakedge of hydrolic oil from windmills wich pollute any water filtering animals like mussels and oysters in wich become uneateble
The Danish energy islands is also set to have the largest hydrogen plant in the world, as well as experimental plants for “power to x” fuels. That is chemical fuels “built” using wind power. The island is also planned in a way that they can service and refuel ships that use the North Sea. In the final stages of the island, it is planned to be able to power the equivalent of up to 5 million homes. That is at least 5 times the entire power needs of Denmark. It’s the largest infrastructure project in Danish history at a cost of $36 billion.
I never understood the «energy island» just build an energy platform instead. Less invasive and more cost effective
@@norway4286 It depends on what you want to be on it. I assume the engineers and planners have thought about all options. From my understanding, some of it will be floating.
@@Lemonz1989 I am flabbergasted by your ignorance. Hydrogen plants and Power to X are diffenrent terms for the same thing. You feed electricity into the process and harvest so called green hydrogen in liquid state. What politicians fail to mention is that this includes a net energy loss of around 75 %. And while the plan to power 5 million homes is correct, it is nowhere near 5 times the entire power needs of Denmark. It would ( because the plans have recently been abandoned when politicians realised the financial ridiculousness of the project ) only deliver electricity which is only one part of the equation and the power demand for heating in Denmark is covered by our own natural gas resources in the North Sea and traditional power plants.
Furthermore the estimated costs for the islands, which have now been abandoned due to costs, would amount to around DKK 86 billion which you find is nowhere near $ 36 billion.
I know this as I consult into the industry and I was present at the industry conference in which representatives from the danish department of energy with great enthusiasm presented these plans and the whole room consisting of energy industry executives and experts immediately went silent and looked at eachother knowing instantly that this was a stupid idea which was never going to work. Fortunately we were right and it has now been abandoned so any further loss of taxpayers cash has been avoided.
@@kennethskjttstagistoft7203 Oh really, flabbergasted, you say?
Power-to-x is NOT the same as power to hydrogen, or it wouldn’t need to be called “x”. Don’t you remember your mathematics where “x” is the variable? Hydrogen is ONE of the possibilities you can create from excess electrical power. You can create a whole range of chemicals and other forms of energy from excess electrical power, many of which can be used as fuel. You can create methane to burn as “natural gas”, ammonia (which might be used as fuel for ships), hydrogen (as you mentioned), synthetic liquid fuels for aviation or cars, direct heating as in district heating and so on, all of which fall under the umbrella of power-to-x. You can even create synthetic fertilizer from excess electrical power.
As for “net loss”, that has to be taken into consideration, of course, but you also have to take into consideration the cost of losing “green energy” when supply exceeds demand, and then producing power in another way, like coal/gas/oil/etc., when demand exceeds supply. Renewables can be made cheaper in certain cases if some of that power can be converted into some other form of energy that can be used somewhere else in society, or used at a later time, instead of just letting it go 100% to waste. This equation becomes more and more relevant the more renewables we install in the grid.
I don’t remember exactly how much power it was supposed to produce now, since this comment is over 2 years old, but electricity can easily be made into heating, so an excess in electricity can in theory power everything in society if you convert it correctly. As a “consultant for the industry” I would have expected you to know that.
Multiple district heating companies in Denmark use electricity to heat their water for their district heating area. Some use wind turbines, some used solar and some use both. My district heating company gets 5% of its energy from wind turbines and most of its energy from trash and biomass incineration. Some smaller companies get 100% of their energy for heating from electricity.
As for the price, the estimated price for the entire project, which was set to be finished at around 2050, was set at 210 billion DKK, which at the current exchange rate is $30.37 billion. I calculated it at $36 billion when I wrote the comment 2 years ago, at the exchange rate at the time. This is according to Klima-, Energi- og Forsyningsministeriet.
Also, I know it has been abandoned. I wrote this comment in 2021.
@@Lemonz1989 Let´s start from the bottom just for the hell of it. I think I know where the 210 billion came from. That is most likely the total cost of the frame agreement with Germany and the Netherlands to build 10.000 wind turbines in the North Sea which, by the way is not going to happen,
Very few district heating companies use electricity for heating as it is prohibitively expensive and let´s not even go into the biomass discussion which probably is the worst hoax of them all. We import a significant part of our biomass from the Baltics, Canada and the US where they fell living trees and export them to us so we artificially can boost our CO2 balance as biomass in general is considered to be green in the EU markets.
You are in theory right about the possible uses of electricity. However in reality energy conversion losses often makes this not financially viable. Secondly running large tankers, aeroplanes and trucks on electricity has also proven not to be viable yet. This is part of the knowledge I have deriven from my role as consultant to the industry.
You are spot on with your supply /demand argument or rather you would have been if we were able to make our own decisions on this front. Unfortunate NorthPool which we set up with Sweden and Norway to share resources on a cost base basis has evolved into an uncontrollable monster in which Germany and others can force us to sell any excess to them at margin prices.Which actually sometimes leads to wind operators shutting down parks as they get more renumeration from the market for doing so.
I do indeed know what you can derive from electricity. However much of it needs 1 or more addtional components like for instance CO2, gas or water. Electricity on its own can generate nothing but heat. The reason I mentioned green hydrogen was that that was the only plan laid down for the islands. So I was using the term in the context of the subject we were talking about.
you really have subtitles in all these language? thats some extra dedication, thank you!
As a guy who lives in Eastern Europe in a very sparsely populated country the idea of running out of space in a sea seems mindboggling. It truly is amazing how now we are not only maxing out the land but the sea as well.
I mean those marine exercise areas? Well i guess they can be easily relocated. I doubt there is a lot of infrastructure... oh and parts of it are problems created by laws and regulations. For example that fisherboats aren't allowed to fish between wind farms. Why not?
Content from a European producer which involves mentioning the UK without a dive at Brexit or General A Anglophobia. Actually reporting on the facts and how northern European countries related to the North Sea are working together positively it’s very refreshing
Idk I live in Aberdeen which has an offshore windfarm in view and I honestly think it looks cool and gives me hope for the future of green energy
I don't get how people can being against having wind turbines close to you. I mean they're one of the prettiest things ever, they take up barely any space and are incredibly elegant and pretty. I'd love to have one nearby, better than the busy road I actually have.
@@hedgehog3180 they are realy realy noisy they build a lot in countryside here and i can tel you its not pleasant to live near them its frankly quite anoying you hear woooooooooosh .......... woooooooooosh 24/7
Drives you crazy
@@thienpondtt m8 I’ve been inland right up close to turbines close to full speed and I don’t get what ur on about they’re totally silent
@@thienpondtt u got a point soz for assuming
Norway is actually increasing it's use of nuclear energy so it will be using mainly hydro, solar and nuclear at some point.
Very very interesting! The difference between theory and practical is action, and it seems like the countries mentioned have gone that one step closer to taking action
Great vid on an unusual but interesting topic!
now imagine the atlantic gulf shifts and north sea become calm and windless like a lake
I look out to the North Sea from Newcastle and can see a few offshore wind farms. I think they look nice! 💨🌊🐟
I don’t think that oil pipelines can be used for Hydrogen. Hydrogen(even as a liquid) can leak through seemingly solid metal which makes it hard to transport.
Otherwise, lower energy prices, more fish, new technologies- what could go wrong?
When have prices ever dropped? Another problem is base load. Only nuclear can fill this void in absence of gas and coal. However, gas central heating is still far superior to anything else.
@@richardwills-woodward5340 why can only nuclear fill that? Hydro can fill it too. Or battery storages, however they are accomplished (chemical, gravitational etc). And if we increase production enough and diversify it it can reliably produce more than 6%. And 6% is the amount of nuclear energy in Germany and our power grid is stable. Nuclear is as dirty as coal, its pollution is just extremely long term
@@godmode8687 Battery storage is very dirty. Do you know how much goes into batteries from slavery sources, what happens to the land in battery creation? It pumps very toxic chemicals into the ground in third world countries and is the most immoral thing you can do. On top of which, I am writing on a computer, which is full of horror in terms of its creation. Battery waste is no laughing matter either. Nuclear waste can be stored and sealed deep underground and it's not going to be lost for room. This does not effect humans above and is far cleaner than batteries. Hydro could work too, but try getting permits and the environmental requirements and disruption to marine life etc comes into play. It will just take too long but it could certainly play its part. Hydro is the most predictable of course. I am surprised hydro has not had more attention. Norway could teach a thing or two.
good thing, I want EU to be leader in green economy and green stuff
That's my hopes for eu too
I could imagine those shallow-water wind farms becoming sanctuaries for fish, due to the inability of trawlers to operate in them.
Edit: guess he mentioned this at the end, hadn't watched that far when I wrote this comment.
great video. I didn't understand what was being done but I am impressed!
You should have overlapped all the maps to show how crowded and congested it would be
Great content and really interesting thanks for making it!!!
great video
Het mag gezegd worden dat je het werkelijk enorm goed doet qua visuele en inhoudelijke waarde!😁
Collab with Whatifalthist? Your channels seem similiar in content types. Love your vids btw
What’d be super cool is if they used these energy islands or possibly converted oil rigs to power the system like Porsche/Siemens Energy did in Chile that creates combustible fuels like gasoline and kerosene by pulling CO2 from the air (thus leading to the fuel being carbon-neutral when burned again) and using the existing pipeline infrastructure to move it to shore. The oil industry is already very familiar with petrochemical science, all that will change this time is that it isn’t coming from crude oil.
Like it or not there will be use cases in which combustion will be needed for a long time (airplanes are easily the biggest one I can think of) and this would enable us to speed up the green transition by making any combustion-based technology carbon neutral, and on top of all that, this would grant the EU the ability to store clean energy in a very stable form for long periods of time protecting energy security in case of unexpected problems as well as export this clean energy to other markets who may not have the infrastructure
There are 3 main ways to effectively judge wind power. Wind power production (TW/h), average power projection (MW/h) and total wind potential capture (GW capacity). Lots of maths needed to compute the first 2.....so it is much easier to use the GW capacity measure. Germany leads Europe in total wind capacity, just over double the next country (Spain) - with onshore at 56.8GW and offshore 7.8GW - as at June '22. These figures are technically described as nameplate capacity.
Here comes the kicker. Capacity factor, in other words the % of power produced relative to GW potential is far higher offshore than onshore. Total 2021 metrics had Germany capacity factor onshore at 19.97%, and offshore at 35.26%. Simplistically, there is more and steadier wind to harness at sea, and far bigger turbines to efficiently take advantage of that.
Let's now look at the European leader in offshore wind capacity - the UK, whose investment in the North Sea/Atlantic wind farms has been astonishing. As at the 1st quarter of 2022, the UK has 13.6GW installed capacity, not quite the total of the rest of Europe combined. They currently have the 4 biggest wind farms in the World in the North Sea. Currently being built is an additional 4GW offshore capacity, all to be delivered/online before the end of 2023 - Dogger Bank A and B and Seagreen (Alpha/Bravo) being the largest builds.
Poland, France and Italy all have costed projects at the latter planning stages - OWF Baltyk 1, 2 and 3/Noirmoutier/Med Wind. The UK has 19.8GW at the same stage, with onshore stations already being undertaken for some of the projects. Whilst I am not able to make predictions, every wind farm application to have been at the same stage in the UK has been built. Other European partners have also committed themselves to targets on net zero - and these may be the best option at achieving that aim.
Here is the problem. There is not currently enough links between country's to import and export power, the largest a 2GW link built in 1986 between England and France. Whilst this isn't an immediate need, the video above highlights the necessity of partnership between European offshore countries......and that isn't anywhere to be seen in all the planning applications I have looked at so far.
This is a really nice video
These people throw items into the sea and surprise that sea water level increase
Denmark and netherlands working together on wind turbines will be glorious
If they really want to get somewhere they should work more with uk
tbf all the countries of the North sea need to come together with a unified plan and a unified grid
I am slightly confused, by your mutually exclusive comments, where you first said, that wind farms are bad for fish, and then you almost immediately said that they are helping to increase the fish stocks and seaweed beds, surely it cannot be both, can it?????
As a Conservation supporter, and life long commercial fisherman, I don’t believe that they are mutually exclusive, and if done correctly, they can be both things at the same time...... Especially if, they make sure that they only put the turbines in place, outside of the breeding times(which are already known) of the fish, and then make sure that they are placed with as little disturbance(so they don’t choke the marine life with mud/sand particles, or poison them with any chemicals needed for the job) of the sea bed as possible....... Because when they are in place, the wind-farms are effectively conservation areas(which can if they want, allow rod and line fishing, which is not a problem for most fish stocks), because nobody can commercially fish!inside of those areas, for safety reasons......... And, this will obviously help the fish stocks in the surrounding areas(as the excess fish stocks leave for less crowded areas), which has been proven by the increased catches around the Conservation areas that we already have, and I know this is true, because I have been a commercial fisherman all of my working life, and I know for a fact, that the catches of lobsters outside of the Lundy island Conservation area, have got better since the stocks of lobsters have risen inside the no fishing area.......
The main thing we have to make sure of, is that there is enough farms, that are surrounding enough of the different types of sea bed(reefs; sand banks, mud and the deeper holes that are found in the North Sea), as well as being close enough together, to allow the fish to be able to move from each area to a new one easily........
Because, fish have tails(which is what makes the statement about english fish for British fishermen, so stupid), and they biologically need to travel, because they rely on different foods, at different times of the year, this is why, they have to save as many of the different types of sea bed, and each wind farm must be as large as possible, to make this work, for both energy and for the conservation of fish/sea life too..........
Last year was the year of least wind in the uK
The North Sea deserves to be one of the busiest seas of the Atlantic Ocean with the English Channel being the busiest sea route which connects both Celtic and North Seas.
Great content.
I've heard wind farms won't be in future with big spinning turbines
Well I also hear rumors and gossips. But I rather hear evidence, be it scientific, economic, statistic or otherwise. That could maybe change my standpoint in this case.
Nice work
Excellent- very interesting
Great video. Just one thing. You highlighted the map of the UK and said map of Britain. Two different things.
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The floating devices could store CO2 and work as a battery (with additional generator and other stuff needed when extruding the energy from lickuid- to gas CO2).
My thinking is that these energy islands could be a good idea, but these offshore wind farms are highly unlikely if it interferes with fishing. Why? Just look at the hissy fit the British threw during Brexit.
.....well shouldn't interfere with fishing if ur fishing in ur own territory simple, the EU isnt building thsi stuff in British waters, and the britsh made such a hissy fit cos, it's the territorial waters and has the decision on who they want fishing their quite easy to think about, ur citizens come first, so their " hissy fit" is justified
Wow awesome channel bro! Definitely got a sub from a fellow European B)
Man the new editor was a really good idea! Now if only the mic was slightly better optimized
The new editor hasn't even started yet ;)
@@IntoEurope oh damn, guess he has some big shoes to fill
great idea.
Algo comment..👍
The problem is the short life and high maintenance costs of the turbines, in addition decommissioning costs.
Yes, I'm early!
The biggest problem in the near future is going to be how we balance all the renewables.
Hydro power could use pumps to increase storage with 70-80% efficiency, when there is surplus wind.
BUT this is not in use in Europe afaik. There is a proposal to make one in Scotland.
NOW THIS AGED POORLY
could Windparks break waves and reduce the force of gale force winds?
Couldn't we somehow combine wind park and fish farming?
I never heared the idea of using the produced electricity to transform into hydrogen offshore together. The reusage of old pipelines is great and helps distributing green hydrogen/engergy to the south of the european countries. The need of an electric power line from north to south may not be built, when transformed to gas before.
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This is all well and good until we get weather like this summer were there have been low wind speeds or non at all, the minmum speed to start generating power is 12 knots.
what pray are we going to do with no wind and darkness when we switch the lights on !
Oceanic air currents are very different from land based air currents...
Oceanic are basically constant.
Sorry I'm very skeptical seeing wind turbines as green energy.
It will have an impact on environment (we don't even see now) especially with planned scale, it freaks me out.
Can Oil & Gas pipe lines be used for H2 or CO2, or do you need pipelines of different metals ( Hydrogen brittles some metals , CO2 can be acidic) Is it true the UK power companies have already scrapped stainless steel pipe lines which would have been good for CCS ?
Looks like Scotland is going pretty hard in the paint.
You completely missed wave and Currents P S
I helped to Lay All those Pipelines
Ugh.... Imagine the maintenance...
"It has seen it's fair share of war" [only mentions wars the UK participated in half of which no one else have even heard about]
you should make one of these videos about one of the biggest countries in Europe if you count the EEZ area, Portugal. the atlantic area is insane because of Madeira and Azores. we will be the country of the XXI century.
Portugal’s EEZ area is indeed massive
What is the actual uptime, efficiency, maintenance cost, capital required? - Boondoggle
Here’s to hoping climate change doesn’t halt the North Atlantic deep current, which could affect North Sea conditions.
Just built a couple of nuclear power plants, problem solved. Instead they plan to blot the north sea with monstrosities called wind turbines, hundreds and hundreds of them which will necessitate digging up the sea bed in the best fishing grounds. Think of the difficulty of maintenance, accessing them in bad weather etc. The weather systems in this relatively small area of sea will be about equal windwise. So during long fine periods during the summer months there will be little wind and little power produced.
I advice the owner of the channel as well as everyone that speaks French to go check Jean Marc Jancovici, French engeneer, who talks thoroughly about energy and "green energy", which doesn't exist. He has some videos in English so if you don't speak French you can still access some of his content. Solar, wind, hydrogen, electric, etc is taking us nowhere but against a wall just like fossile fuels, only worse because it hides the real underlying problem under a false idea of virtuosity. My comment will not make a difference , that's why I rarely comment, but if it makes at least one person know about this alternative less mainstream information, it's worth it! Cheers
Read and learn from actual reality. This is happening! Signed today!
At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, Heads of Governments from Denmark, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands took an enormous step toward reaching the EU’s climate neutrality goal by co-signing a joint declaration that will make the North Sea a green powerhouse for Europe. Together, the four countries want to harvest at least 150 GW of offshore wind in 2050.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left the EU in a new geopolitical situation and the need for sustainable solutions and more renewable energy is more urgent than ever. At the North Sea Summit in Esbjerg, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Netherlands’ Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo co-signed a joint declaration with the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that sets an ambitious target to quadruple the four countries’ total offshore wind capacity by 2030 and increase the total offshore wind capacity to at least 150 GW by 2050.
”This summit truly is historic. Today, we opened a new chapter on renewable energy in Europe and delivered an ambitious declaration that will get us closer to achieving the EU’s climate goals. Not only that, these commitments made in Esbjerg will also help Europe become independent from fossil fuels in a sustainable way. With this green leap, the North Sea will become a renewable hub for Europe and provide power to millions of Europeans,” says Danish Minister of Climate and Energy, Dan Jørgensen.
Additionally, each country’s energy minister attended the North Sea Summit along with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson. The Ministers of Energy signed several bilateral declarations that cover ambitions on green hydrogen and the establishment of more energy islands in the North Sea. Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement that confirms the linkage of the energy island to Belgium in 2033.
“Today is a historic day for Europe and for Belgium. Together with Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, Belgium is taking the lead and joining forces to make the North Sea the largest Green Power Plant of Europe. Energy is today used as a weapon and our families and businesses are the victims. With this green acceleration we can replace gas and oil, especially from Russia, faster with wind at sea and green hydrogen. In this way, we will increase our energy independence and reduce our bills. Belgium is accelerating the energy transition by quadrupling offshore wind in the Belgian North Sea, a hybrid energy island and interconnections with neighboring countries,” says Tinne Van der Straaten, Belgian Minister of Energy.
“This is an exciting collaboration between the four countries which will help us - and Europe - enhance the green energy production and further reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. All four countries are in a unique position to make use of the natural resources the North Sea provides: ample wind power in combination with a shallow seabed. Connecting the energy hubs and sharing resources and practices will allow us to fulfill our shared goals and I look forward to further develop our collective plans,” says Rob Jetten, the Netherlands’ Minister for Climate and Energy Policy.
“This is an important day for further reducing our dependence on gas imports and achieving climate neutrality. By developing joint cooperation projects with our North Sea partners, offshore wind energy in the region can be deployed even faster and more efficiently and new potentials for green hydrogen will be tapped. For projects to be realised swiftly, we also need the right regulatory market framework, in particular at EU level,“ says Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Earlier in the day, the Commission President presented the RePowerEU plan of becoming independent of Russian gas. All of the declarations signed at the North Sea Summit will help the EU achieve its comprehensive energy transition.
“With the REPowerEU Plan published today, the EU gives another boost to renewable energy and reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, in particular Russian gas. As part of the measures to accelerate the green transition, we have proposed to make permitting in the EU faster and more streamlined, which will help to take full advantage of the offshore wind potential in Europe. The North Sea is the perfect place to lead the way in scaling up the offshore capacity quickly and I welcome the ambitious announcements of today. It is symbolic that we open this new chapter in Denmark, the birth-place of offshore wind technology,“ says Kadri Simson, EU Commissioner for Energy.
FACTS
The Joint Declaration entailed a goal of reaching a combined offshore wind target to at least 65 GW in 2030, and to increase total current capacity 10-fold to a minimum of 150 GW by 2050.
The Ministers of Energy signed a declaration which, among other things, covers:
Cooperation on connecting and maximizing capacity on the first energy island
Planning the establishment of another energy island or hub in the North Sea
Work for faster approval processes both nationally and in the EU and ensure more EU funds for offshore wind projects to reduce risks for investors
Denmark and Belgium signed an agreement on sale of Danish renewable energy-shares to Belgium. The agreement confirms the establishment of a "hybrid interconnector" in the North Sea from Belgium to the energy island in 2033.
The Netherlands and Denmark signed a "Ministerial endorsement" to analyse a specific configuration for connection between the Danish energy island and a Dutch offshore energy hub.
Germany and Denmark signed a Letter of Intent to initiate bilateral cooperation on green hydrogen based on renewable energy both onshore and offshore.
Read declerations and facts at the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities' website
Brushed over the fact UK waters fishing stock was decimated by Spanish trawlers ….
UK fishing stock was largely decimated by UK fisheries themselves (due to increased demand across 1800s 1900s as people inland started wanting fish to eat) & the “cod wars” with iceland, I’m not really sure what you’re talking about
Always blaming others!
The worlds not only biggest but most sophisticated technological power plant by far is you.
I wonder, what the Dutch idea of draining the North Sea, by damming it off to the north and south(and they stupidly suggested that the southern one of the dams, would go from the Lizard point of Cornwall UK, across to France, which would mean the loss of Dover as a port, which is obviously unacceptable), and turning the sea bed into more room for the surrounding countries, will mean to this use of wind power??????
and i guess they havent heard of thorium power or?.
3:20, are you sure about the data here, Poland's and Germany capacity at 300GW? As far as I know Poland's energy consumption is between 10 and 20GW,peak shouldn't be higher than 25. I don't know the stats for Germany but should be double that of Poland. So both countries would have the capacity of no more than 100GW.
Yes I'm quite sure!
Germany had an installed capacity of 218GW in 2019 and Poland has an installed capacity of 43GW in 2020 from what I had read (though admitedly not all capacity is used at once).
Cheers,
-Hugo
Installed Capacity is a poor metric. All electricity power generation "plants" have a Capacity Factor, usually expressed as a percentage. Each wind farm has an individual capacity factor, to reflect the "real" power output over a relevant time period. Far offshore farms with very large turbines are now hitting very high capacity factors. If the average capacity factor is 33%, use one third of the installed capacity, which I see is what you have done.
Stable high pressure over northern Europe can mean that there is no production for days.
energynumbers.info/capacity-factors-at-danish-offshore-wind-farms
I haven't seen anything yet that the sea will not destroy.
To get appreciable benefit worldwide, such facilities are yo be set up in countries like India!!!!!
There is already overfishing, sounds like a win
Just for the algorithm
Wow Denmark should chill out!!
Denmark has highest cost of energy in the world. And it is going to be even higher.
@Samsung s7 wind is literally cheaper than coal, oil, gas, or nuclear so it’s definitely not going to get more expensive
@@christianwhittall5889 Wind is not cheaper, go and study before you comment. Having windfarms to supply 40 gW costs about 50 bilion euro while a single conventional plant that produces 5 gW costs about 1 bilion. There is nothing cheap about windmills nor renewable, since they cannot be recycled. On top of that wind mills have to be replaced every 20 years, so they will roughly pay for them self. Finally all the parts for windmills are produced in chineese factories electrified by coal.
Did you know that gulf strem is slowing down due to global warming
Well, this video didn't age well, did it?
I have a friend who often sails the North Sea. He says that the current wind mills at sea are almost never in use due to maintenance. It's a fact that they very often break, or that the electrical cables on the bottom are broken. The wind farms life span is only about 10 years after the will be scrapped.
When there's no wind, they produce no electricity and there's no revenue. When the wind is heavy, all wind farms produce too much electricity and the price is plummeted, resulting in no revenue. Many wind farms in Sweden are going bankruptcy. The whole project with wind mills is a disaster!
Hmm. North sea Wind farms... What else can we do?
Solar Sahara? Wind gulf of Mexico? Could China go Solar in their dessert regions?
Kinda funny how these places for oil are good for these 2 green alternatives.
Asia want to have the same amount of wind turbines in the whole of Europe in just one of the proposed wind farms. France, Italy and Greece are all starting up with building wind farms as-well.
Useless when there is no wind so still need to keep alternatives.
Britain was the eu, now they will suffer and die due to lack of funding, the whole project might aswell just be the uks
Britain will be much better without the UE.
Oh please, here too ??? Do we have to endure brexiters in all EU related channel ? Get lost, you left, good luck for you poor deals with countries located on the exact opposite side of planet Earth and leave us alone.
@@Kafei01 Typical hypocrite. You castigate the Brexiteer for responding to an anti Brexit comment, but you decline to castigate the original comment itself. Instead, you should have declared this a neutrality zone and not taken sides. I hate double standards, so now Im taking sides. Clearly, we've got more fish than you buddy, more wave power than you, and I was gonna say more wind power, but maybe not when you talk out of your back side.......
Great britain or "United Kingdom" what a sick joke this is... London only represents Westminster and The City of London it openly refuses to represent England the exCountry which grants it the status of being a Capital City...and it uses it's corrupt cotierie of preselected constituency MP's to do it.....these professional liars are picked to represent Westminster to us instead of us to Westminster!
What is britain ... it is an Island which has never been a United Country everything is controlled from the centre... London maintains a plantation economy and The Manor House is alway's Westminster the only symbol they worship is THE DOUBLE CROSS....
I live in England which has no representative English Gov't of it's own.. I recognise Scotland Wales and N.Ireland and it's people's. .Only City's have Empire's and Empire's only recognise ..colonies ...Westminster's top down administration ensures that we are powerless inferiior and invisible... Look at Brussell's and how well it succeeded in dividing the ex-country called Belgium to demean exploit and dominate it.
This diseased apposite of democracy is spreading across Europe like th plague take a look .... there are plenty of other examples you can choose from. The process of applied domination diminuition and denigration of the rest of Europe...is accelerating and intensifiying and this only the start!
@@artrandy what a brilliant put down.
Nederland forever!
wind turbines are barely economically viable and thats with the amounts of oil it needs around 80gallons per turbine each year i wonder who sold them this pipe dream good idea if turbines where really green energy i would just say nuclear and keep pumping money into fusion research
One of the biggest cons going
Yeah, let's covered the whole world with windmills. Who is going to stop us.
France has also some costs along the north sea.
Not really
@@nightowl3218 of course the country has... Where is Dunkirk? On the shore of the North sea, not the channel. The same for Calais in fact. Look at this mp: nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noordzee#/media/Bestand%3ALocatie_Noordzee.PNG
Ps: I am french....
@ that’s only two cities and I tiny area compared to the amount of land of the other countries that are based on the North Sea
It’s literally only 50km in length
@ and it’s right at the mouth of the English Channel which is the busiest shipping lane in the world. So how they gonna build wind farms there
In coastal cities, the Uk tightened restrictions in the 90s for a British fishermen. Meanwhile 9/10 fishing boats are foreign and can fish more. It’s wrong. British waters (and I’m talking a few miles off the coast) are overfished. Thank god EU fishing quotas are being decreased. You get Spanish boats all the way to the south western part of British waters. Ridiculous. Overfished
You brits sold your fishing rights, that's your fault...
@@zaarkeru3391 now we are taking them back
@@nightowl3218
good for you, and you have also ruined the future of the uk with the brexit vote.
fishing stands for 1% of your gdp and you traded that for >20% of your GDP.
@@zaarkeru3391 not really other countries exist outside of the eu and trade will still happen between the uk and European countries. Also France themselves said they want to create something like the eu that would include the uk and Ukraine so nothing is impossible
@@nightowl3218
the uk:
lets reduce trade with our rich neighbours so we can trade with shitpoor nations on the other side of the planet, which we could trade with before.
xD
no wonder the uk is a failing empire.
and we call the Americans dumb ...
Amazing analysis and delivery with nice graphics and referencing the data, keep it up this channel has a good future :)
Your last three videos are much better than anything you've done before. I'm glad that you removed the cartoon version of yourself, the videos now seem more focused and have a smoother pace. I hope you'll soon reach 100k subs.
How do you already have subtitles for so many languages?
I think it's every language in the EU!
@@zzzcyber he auto translated all of the languages instead of relying on help from volunteers
DeepL is very good european translator. Highly recommend.
@@ja1111112 also good for japanese ... just letting you know :P
At least the Finnish auto translation sucks ass (like always). For exaple "leads to storm surges that regularly batter the coast" is translated "johtaa myrskyn aaltoihin, jotka säännöllisesti pakenevat rannikkoa". Which actually means "leads storm's waves which regularly escape the coast".
it's so sad that the eu's communication is so bad... the pro-european feeling would be much greater if they improved on this point
that's extremely true. The european union is extremely useful on many subjects but the lack of voters in european elections speak for themselves...
Vote for the political party Volt in your European country to improve the way Europe works together!
its becoming nearly the biggest mistake honestly, but not advertise properly is an European thing to be honest, its very typical on all European companies etc
Conversely, would it really be such a great sign to live in a place that has to constantly advertise itself to its people to legitimize its existence or foster patriotic feelings?
I get the point. For a long time I thought the same. But I think it's more important to eradicate (and I really mean eradicate) misinformation about the EU. Within Europe but also abroad. And most of all confront state actors including allies like the US and UK (but mostly Russia and China of course).
@@schtreg9140 the issue is that intentionally is a big thing worldwide, even from governments themselves
I'd like something similar done for the Mediterranean sea
The energy potential is not as good as in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea is mostly significantly deeper, which is currently not economicly viable.
Think the southern area should go solar.
the north sea is a relatively flat sea. dogger bank was an connected to england and europe in a timeframe, where humans already settled this area, so in a geological timeframe not so long ago.
mediterranean sea is much much deeper, down to 5000m deep or 3000? im not sure, but its deep. close to impossible to build stationary there, maybe in adria.
if we have swimming E-Farms, we could think of that.
whats already in discussion are big scale solar farms in northern africa.
caspian sea would be an option too, but thats not EU concern, the flat part of caspian mostly belongs to russia.
Spain has lots of wind turbines, in the interior. There are quite a few in my region.
@@mimovil8730 so does Tuscany (where i live) but those a max 3 mw , those places off shore reach 10 now and 15 ,the next gen
This is incredible, i didn't even knew this project existed.
Impressive, first i didn't get how Germany would manage without nuclear energy, but i'm begining to understand the big picture now...
It still bothers me, that they didn't do this whole denuclearisation after they became 100% renewable, so they can replace them with green energy, not coal...
The main problem we have in Germany is the storage and that we need new power lines to southern Germany (already for a few decades in the conversation), but environmental associations / organizations, private citizens, etc. brake / prevent this, through lawsuits / expert opinions and many people do not want to have one through their garden / property.
If then still a rare insect, mouse, bat species is found, it will not go forward for a few years, e.g. like other major projects in Germany Stuttgart 21 (lizards and mice).
@@Janoip Storage could be overcome with Switzerland. We have a big storage lake, which is empty atm cuz it's not profitable atm. But I guess, this won't be an option cuz politics....
@@bujinkan1603 With current wind and solar prices It now actually makes seance to over produce by a large margin and curtail as well as trying to store it.
I also imagine the hydrogen industry will be fairly flexible in terms of the demand side assuming it can scale up enough.
@@kundbalint4091 there is nothing renewable in windmills, since they have limited lifespan, are prone to malfunctions and are non-recyclable.
Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain
Yay let's pollute our world glassfiber debree from windturbine wear. When we know nuclear power is the future.
exactly what i was thinking, these turbines are non-recyclable and will go to waste withing 10 years. a powerplant is more space effiecient, cost effiecient, and is able to stay open for atleast 20-30 years
In the UK, the offshore wind farms have been reported on quite thoroughly by the BBC
Very interesting and informative video.
And this is just talking about resources.. I think the North Sea's waters will turn into liquid gold once the Arctic route will be finally navigable all year round.