Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 108426

Wind Power: North Sea

Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the joint offshore wind capacity agreed under the Hamburg Declaration will connect directly to the UK transmission network by 2035.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Hamburg Declaration sets a collective European ambition of 100 GW of offshore wind cooperation projects by 2050. In 2024, Ofgem gave Initial Regulatory Approval to two such joint wind and interconnector projects, Lion Link and Nautilus. These projects...

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