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Danes, Germans back Baltic wind hub to offset Russian gas

FILE - Offshore turbines at Amager Stand near Copenhagen, on Feb. 15. 2016. Denmark will increase a planned offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to 3 gigawatts and hook it up to the German grid which will be a step toward weaning Europe off its reliance on Russian gas. The deal was announced Monday Aug. 29, 2022 in Copenhagen. (Jens Dresling/Polfoto File via AP, File)

FILE - A fisher boat passes wind turbines between the island Langeoog and Bensersiel at the North Sea coast in Germany, on May 15, 2019. Denmark will increase a planned offshore wind capacity in the Baltic Sea to 3 gigawatts and hook it up to the German grid which will be a step toward weaning Europe off its reliance on Russian gas. The deal was announced Monday Aug. 29, 2022 in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Danes, Germans back Baltic wind hub to offset Russian gas