On Monday, top politicians and leaders from a wide range of countries will gather to discuss the expansion of offshore wind and energy security on European soil. This will take place at the international summit North Sea Summit in the city of Hamburg.
From the Danish side, a summit with concrete results and commitments to realize the "huge potential" for more offshore wind in the North Sea is expected. This is according to Kristian Jensen, CEO of the business organization Green Power Denmark.
- We expect a very productive summit. There is a great political will to invest in offshore wind and to create more self-produced energy in Europe, so that we can become more independent of imported energy from countries outside Europe. And we hope that the countries will sign a commitment to install 15 gigawatts of offshore wind each year from 2031 onwards, he says.
Kristian Jensen himself is participating in the summit in Germany. He does this together with a number of government leaders, including Germany's Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, as well as energy ministers and politicians from the EU Commission.
According to a poll conducted for Green Power Denmark in 2025, 68 percent of Danes are concerned about the energy supply. Therefore, Kristian Jensen also hopes that after the meeting, several so-called hybrid parks can be launched, which are wind farms in the sea that are connected to different countries and can thus send electricity to several countries as needed.
- If this happens, we increase the possibility of increasing our security of supply, and it makes it more likely that we will always have green and locally produced electricity in the socket, says the CEO.
Agreement on Energiø Bornholm on the way?
This applies, for example, to the Energiø Bornholm project, which is a billion-dollar project that is planned to connect wind turbine electricity produced in the Baltic Sea with Zealand and Germany via a large transformer station on Bornholm.
The initiative on the rocky island has been designated as one of eight key projects for the EU's energy independence, energy security and climate action. According to DR, a representative of the German Ministry of Energy has pointed to Monday's energy summit as the place where a Danish-German agreement on the Bornholm Energy Island could be presented.
Kristian Jensen says before the meeting that he is "crossing his fingers" that an agreement will be made.
- It will be a great victory for the Danish government if the agreement is closed. It requires new technology, new knowledge and some experience that we can use in many other places, if it is first realized around the Bornholm Energy Island, he says.
The summit in Hamburg is the third international North Sea Summit on offshore wind energy.
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