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Our leading public-private research programme brings together over 35 (inter)national organisations from across the energy value chain. Together, we investigate the benefits of an integrated approach to offshore energy, such as costs savings, spatial use, impacts on nature and environment, and CO₂ emissions reductions.
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Europe’s offshore energy future: Affordable, Secure, Sustainable
The North Sea has great potential to supply Europe with sustainable, secure, and affordable energy. Yet, challenges around space, costs, ecological impact, and fragmented governance threaten progress.
NSE approaches the North Sea as an integrated system where energy, ecology, and economy are interconnected. Our premise is that integrated infrastructure for wind, hydrogen, CO₂, and natural gas unlocks powerful synergies.
Our 7 workpackages provide insights to strategic decision making and policy development. By combining technical, ecological, economic, legal, and security perspectives they deliver practical solutions for innovative technologies that help reduce costs, emissions, and spatial pressure, while strengthening energy security and preserving nature.
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Reports, Maps, Scenarios
Since the start of NSE, we have published multiple reports, white papers, scenarios, maps and roadmaps highlighting the main outcomes and key learning of our research.
Our recent publications focus on three virtual offshore energy clusters, where we explore innovative concepts for the production, conversion, transport, and storage of offshore energy. Through unique visualisations and energy system modelling, we demonstrate the key role of the North Sea in achieving an independent and affordable energy system in an integrated way.
The scenarios and maps underline the importance of offshore wind, hydrogen production, CO₂ storage, and the phase-out of natural gas for the future energy system of the Netherlands and Europe. The roadmaps outline the exploratory national and European pathways to get there, while additional reports and white papers provide insights from various integrated perspectives.
Roadmap: Empowering and decarbonizing the Netherlands
Indicative scenarios for the Dutch part of the North Sea examine the energy system that could materialize between now and 2050. The pathways - seen through the lens of electricity, hydrogen, natural gas, and CO₂ - provide insights into the potential magnitude of the challenges in the offshore energy transitions.
Roadmap: Empowering and decarbonizing Europe
Key trends foreseen for electricity, hydrogen, CO2 and natural gas in the North Sea region in the coming decades form the starting point. The approach explores and sketches an ambitious future scenario for the North Sea region, identifying the infrastructure that would be required, the potential bottlenecks, and resolving actions needed to make this ambitious scenario a reality.
Whitepaper: Towards a synergetic multi-use in the North Sea
Spatial constraints in the North Sea lead to competition among different activities for the same space. We investigated how various offshore human activities and marine protected areas can coexist within the same space. We analyzed: (1) wind farms and obstacle-free zones around oil and gas platforms, (2) wind farms and shipping lanes, (3) marine protected areas and fishing, (4) marine protected areas and offshore grids.
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Pathways towards an European Vision
Roadmaps
The North Sea Energy roadmap presents integrated transition pathways for offshore wind, marine energy, hydrogen, CCS, and natural gas towards 2050. Based on a participatory process with stakeholders and aligned with national and European ambitions, it identifies the key actions for Europe and the Netherlands needed to accelerate offshore energy system integration and provide clarity for policymakers, developers, and society.
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Stay up to date with the latest developments from the North Sea Energy community. Explore results, activities, events, publications, and collaborations that are shaping the future of an integrated, climate-neutral North Sea energy system.
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Need more information? Discover our Partners, meet the people of our organisation or contact NSE Programme Lead Madelaine Halter directly.
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