Post by Brian Vad Mathiesen

High-level event today on offshore wind power collaboration between 🇩🇪 and 🇩🇰 – kicked off by German Ambassador Anke Meyer and hosted by former Minister of Energy Lykke Friis. Thank you for the chance to contribute 🙏🏼⚡ I highlighted that ~50% renewables will be the limit for today’s electricity grids – unless we rethink our approach. This is a unique chance for an integrated strategy that goes beyond offshore wind alone: 🔹 Smart energy systems – incentives for smart electrification where large industries are close to production hubs 🔹 New large demands – heating, industry, transport combined 🔹Change district heating supply include: large-scale thermal storage, use excess and renewable heat and most importantly scale large scale heat pumps to GW scales 🔹Next generation Infrastructure acceleration – PtX and hydrogen grids must be developed faster. Increase the mandated share of e-SAF faster. 🔹 Joint offshore hubs – like Bornholm–Germany, reducing curtailment, balancing supply, and spreading risk To succeed, we need strong market-based collaboration: - Coordinated build-out and joint tenders for cross-border offshore projects - Better market function with granular bidding zones (Yes - also internally in Germany) - Aligned standards for grid codes, connections, and HVDC And we should not forget ideas for joint innovation: - A pilot in floating offshore wind - Coordinated turbine scaling & supply chain strategy to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness - Upgraded ports and logistics as shared offshore hubs Together, Denmark and Germany can shape EU offshore regulation, TEN-E priorities, and global competitiveness – while building a meshed North Sea/Baltic Sea offshore grid combined with large-scale demand. At about the same time as the seminar Energinet committed to thier part of infrastructure for the Baltic Energy Island near Bornholm - just one of many new energy hubs in the pipeline. Anne Hougaard Jensen Ditte Brasso Sørensen Julian Hentschel Niels Anger Bertel Dons Christensen Henrich Quick Ulrik Stridbæk Kristian Ruby Mette Skøt Andreas Wenzel Alfred Arnborg Øyvind Vessia Lars Løkke Rasmussen Lars Aagaard Dansk-Tysk Handelskammer Ørsted Udenrigsministeriet