Luxembourg has signed a number of agreements to work with other European countries on developing renewable energy sources, the economy ministry said on Tuesday.
Ministers signed the agreements at a summit in the German city of Hamburg on Monday which brought together countries in the North Sea region to boost cooperation on offshore energy projects. Heads of state and energy ministers from Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Iceland attended the summit.
Prime Minister Luc Frieden signed a joint political declaration “reaffirming Luxembourg’s commitment to actively contributing to the development of renewable energies in Europe and supporting regional cooperation projects in the North Sea”, the economy ministry said in a press release.
“In an unstable geopolitical context, our sovereignty and security depend on strengthened cooperation in the energy sector,” said Frieden.
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Energy Minister Lex Delles and his European counterparts signed a further two agreements, the first of which was the Hamburg Declaration, which “aims to accelerate the implementation of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy and energy infrastructure”, according to the economy ministry.
Delles also signed an agreement with the Danish energy minister Lars Aagaard on “intensifying their collaboration in the development of renewable energy until 2030”. The aim of the deal is to increase transfers of energy from renewable sources between the the Grand Duchy and Denmark.
