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“ We now need to integrate this huge resource into Europe to enable the open trade of electricity between Member States. ”
By Eddie O'Connor
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Europe 'supergrid' hopefuls cast fate to wind
Technology News (Mar 8 2010) Emissions , Fossil Fuel , Wind
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Ten companies pushing to build a pan-European offshore power network that could help cut carbon emissions and cost customers over 20 billion euros got together in London on Monday.
The Friends of the Supergrid (FOSG) brings together companies that want to build the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) infrastructure together with those that hope to develop, install, own, and operate it.
Building interconnectors to link offshore wind farms across the North Sea from Sweden and Denmark to Britain could cost 15 billion to 20 billion euros, according to a report commissioned by Greenpeace, in addition to the tens of billions needed to build the wind farms themselves over the next decade.
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