Offshore wind and the broader energy sector can play a key role in the recovery of the European economy after COVID-19, according to German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier.
The CDU politician, speaking ahead of a meeting with EU energy ministers today, singled out the European Green Deal as playing a particularly important role.
“It can become an important growth strategy if we specifically incentivise investments in new technologies and advance them in such a way that we increase our competitiveness and secure jobs,” he said.
“I see great potential here, for example, in joint wind offshore projects between the EU member states, in the area of hydrogen, and in investments in energy efficiency and renewable heat.”
Germany will take the EU presidency for the second half of the year and Altmaier has made the growth of offshore wind a priority.
“Here we can give the energy transition a significant boost while at the same time providing for investment and economic growth.”