Wind farm. File photoMOSCOW, May 18The heads of government of Denmark, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands on Wednesday signed an agreement to expand wind energy production in the North Sea, Danish Radio reported. The agreement was signed by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The meeting in the Danish port of Esbjerg, where the agreement was signed, was also attended by the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. sources of gas for the EUIt is noted that the goal of the agreement is to double the production of wind energy in the North Sea by 2050. Thus, according to the radio, about 230 million European households will be able to be provided with electricity. «We will create thousands of jobs and create a greener and safer future for all of us,» Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen quoted Danish radio as saying.
