Europe needs to massively increase the amount of green energy to reach its climate goals, according to an analysis from Ea Energianalyse, prepared for the asset manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), reports Børsen. 

According to the analysis, the amount of offshore, solar and onshore wind in Europe will need to multiply to meet power consumption, which is expected to grow significantly by 2050. This means that the amount of offshore wind must increase tenfold to 370GW by 2050, solar energy must increase fivefold to 1,430GW, and onshore wind must double to 570GW in order to cover 80% of electricity demand. 

Both CIP and professor of energy systems analysis at the Technical University of Denmark, Marie Münster, point out to the newspaper that it is essential to start planning green energy development in Europe now to avoid costly inefficiencies and delays in the work for a greener Europe.

At the same time, CIP partner Philip Christiani says it’s important to emphasize that the analysis is just one picture and not the whole picture.

Translated using DeepL with additional editing by Kristoffer Grønbæk