Good news for clean, independent and secure energy in the North Seas region! 🌬️⚡ Leaders and energy ministers at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg confirmed their commitment to speed up offshore energy and hydrogen development and make the sector more competitive globally 🌍✍ To this end, they signed declarations with specific actions to⚡de-risk investments to connect electricity grids across borders⚡strengthen the energy system against physical, cyber or hybrid attacksIn doing so, the region becomes less dependent on expensive fossil fuel imports.Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jørgensen said:"𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦-𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦."Further details are available in the news announcement