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The role of support schemes for renewables in creating a meshed offshore grid / Fabio Genoese, Research Fellow. Brussels :  CEPS, April 2014, 11 p.http://www.ceps.be/ceps/dld/9144/pdfNorth Sea states’ national support schemes for renewables are rather incompatible and represent a barrier to cooperation.  More coherent support approaches to offshore wind projects will be conducive to the creation of a meshed offshore grid in the North Sea.  Policymakers could resolve incompatibilities by prescribing common guidelines for national support schemes, focusing on common grid access rules and common price-setting mechanisms for certain renewable energy technologies.  The institutional procedure set out in the Commission’s 2030 Climate and Energy package could enhance cooperation. (© CEPS)