Baltic states want to speed up construction of offshore wind farms

Berlin, 2 June (CTK) – Baltic Sea states want to speed up the construction of offshore wind farms. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said today at the closing press conference after a two-day meeting of the foreign ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Wismar, northern Germany, that the aim is to increase the current capacity of Baltic wind farms sevenfold by 2030. Baerbock also said that the Baltic states want to work together to remove old ammunition from the seabed. She also commented on Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine, saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin was the only one who wanted the war.

„A gigantic blue power plant lies dormant in the Baltic Sea. The priority of the Council of the Baltic Sea States is to make greater use of it. The common goal of the eight countries on the Baltic coast is to increase the installed capacity of offshore wind farms sevenfold by 2030 compared with today,“ Baerbock said of the plans of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.