Declarations between the UK and North Seas countries at the 3rd
North Sea Summit, Hamburg, Germany, January 2026.
The Hamburg
Declaration
PDF, 684 KB, 5
pages
Annex A: Action Plan to the
Hamburg Declaration of Energy Ministers
PDF, 261 KB, 7
pages
Annex B: Offshore financing
framework for cross-border wind energy projects
PDF, 95.7 KB, 2
pages
Annex C: Joint Offshore Wind
Investment Pact
PDF, 724 KB, 6
pages
Joint Declaration of Intent on
cooperation on North Sea renewable energy infrastructure between
the UK and Germany
PDF, 663 KB, 6
pages
Joint Declaration of Intent on
the development of cooperation for an interconnected offshore
renewable energy grid in the North Seas
PDF, 641 KB, 5
pages
The Hamburg Declaration of
Energy Ministers
PDF, 792 KB, 11
pages
Details
European and UK Heads of State and Energy Ministers, as well as
representatives of the European Commission and NATO, convened on
26 January 2026, for the third North Sea Summit in the city of
Hamburg.
These declarations set out concrete next steps and underscore the
political commitment to accelerate the green transition in Europe
and provide green, affordable energy and transforming the North
Seas into a clean energy powerhouse. These commitments also
reinforce the importance of international cooperation with
European counterparts to deliver energy security, investments,
jobs, as well as the physical and cyber security of renewable
energy infrastructure in the North Seas.
The ministers' declaration underlines the importance of
delivering cross-border projects and anchoring the renewable
offshore industry in Europe, and sets out ambitious combined
targets for joint offshore wind projects, and includes
commitments to speed up planning and permitting, strengthen the
security of offshore infrastructure, expand hydrogen storage and
transport, grow supply chains, and train the workforce needed to
deliver it all.
The declarations are signed by heads of state / government and
energy ministers on behalf of:
- UK
- Belgium
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Luxembourg
