WWF says EU seas have room for offshore wind expansion

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Offshore wind would occupy 0.19% of EU seas by 2030 and 0.58% by 2040, according to a WWF briefing, with only four member states needing more than 5% of their sea space by 2040. The organisation attributes delays and conflicts to weak maritime spatial planning and fragmented decision‑making rather than a lack of space, and calls for binding Strategic Environmental Assessments and EU‑wide sensitivity mapping to be integrated into planning.