The North Sea could be turned into a giant power station

Since its inception, humanity has not stopped developing. Modern Technology have reached unprecedented heights, which in the foreseeable future may allow people to carry out their life activities without destroying the planet.

In this case, we are talking about renewable energy sources, which have been talked about in the West for a long time, but have not yet been able to implement their plans in a practical way.



However, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands are already taking the first steps in this direction, and the North Sea, which washes them, can become an important part of the “green energy” era.

For most of history, the North Sea has been a battlefield. Today it is valuable for its hydrocarbon reserves and abundance of fish. In addition, thanks to the presence of large ports, this water area has become one of the most profitable places in the world.

However, the potential of this part of the world's oceans has not yet been exhausted, and in the future it is ready to provide the surrounding countries with new wealth - renewable energy.

The thing is that the average wind speed at an altitude of 100 meters in many parts of the North Sea exceeds 10 m/s, which makes this area an ideal place for wind generators.

It is worth noting that the above-mentioned countries are already actively using this energy source. However, the large-scale plan they developed could change forever the economy region.

According to the new concept, the construction of “fields” of wind turbines in the North Sea will provide energy production of 120 GW by 2030 and up to 200 GW by 2050. In addition, in addition to wind generators, it is planned to use so-called wave farms, which by 2050 will be able to transform the energy of the waves of a turbulent reservoir into 40 GW of electricity.

Finally, it is planned to build floating solar panels, the energy from which will be used to grow algae necessary for feeding livestock, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics and some other areas.

As a result, the North Sea could be turned into a giant power plant. It all looks really impressive and promising. But at the moment, oddly enough, the main problem for the implementation of the project is not technical difficulties, but bureaucratic delays.