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Reports: 4 European nations to build North Sea wind farms

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen arrives at a press conference at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Four European Union countries plan to build North Sea wind farms capable of producing at least 150 gigawatts of energy by 2050 to help cut carbon emissions that cause climate change, Danish media reported Wednesday. Under the plan, wind turbines would be raised off the coasts of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, daily Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten said. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen arrives at a press conference together with German chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Four European Union countries plan to build North Sea wind farms capable of producing at least 150 gigawatts of energy by 2050 to help cut carbon emissions that cause climate change, Danish media reported Wednesday. Under the plan, wind turbines would be raised off the coasts of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, daily Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten said. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

FILE - A fisher boat passes wind turbines between the island Langeoog and Bensersiel at the North Sea coast in Germany, on May 15, 2019. Four European Union countries plan to build North Sea wind farms capable of producing at least 150 gigawatts of energy by 2050 to help cut carbon emissions that cause climate change, Danish media reported Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Reports: 4 European nations to build North Sea wind farms