The power might be positioned in waters off the coast of Jutland.ah_fotobox | iStock | Getty PicturesDenmark is to push ahead with plans to constru
The power might be positioned in waters off the coast of Jutland.
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Denmark is to push ahead with plans to construct an enormous synthetic island within the North Sea that can act as a significant renewable vitality hub and value billions of {dollars} to develop.
The Danish Vitality Company, a part of the federal government’s Ministry of Local weather, Vitality and Utilities, stated Thursday the mission can be owned by a public-private partnership, with the Danish state holding a majority stake.
The dimensions of the mission, which might be positioned in waters 80 kilometers off the coast of Jutland, the big peninsula which incorporates the Danish mainland, is appreciable.
The primary section — set to have a capability of three gigawatts (GW) — will contain roughly 200 offshore wind generators sending electrical energy to the hub, which can distribute it to close by international locations through the grid.
In future, the capability of the hub may very well be expanded to 10 GW. This, Danish authorities say, can be sufficient to energy 10 million houses in Europe. Relying on its last capability, the island will cowl an space between 120,000 and 460,000 sq. meters.
The estimated price of constructing the factitious island, 10 GW of capability and required transmission grid will quantity to 210 billion Danish krone ($33.97 billion).
“The vitality hub within the North Sea would be the largest development mission in Danish historical past,” Dan Jørgensen, the Danish minister for local weather, stated in a press release.
“It’s going to make an enormous contribution to the conclusion of the large potential for European offshore wind, and I’m excited for our future collaboration with different European international locations,” he added.
The mission will now transfer ahead, with Denmark’s local weather division coming into into discussions with potential buyers from the non-public sector. On the political entrance, situations of the tender might be negotiated, new laws handed and environmental influence assessments carried out.
Along with the factitious island, a second vitality hub of two GW can be being deliberate for the island of Bornholm, within the Baltic Sea.
Denmark is one thing of a pioneer relating to offshore wind initiatives. The world’s first offshore wind farm, in waters close to the Danish island of Lolland, was commissioned by Orsted — the corporate previously often known as DONG Vitality — in 1991. Different Danish companies, resembling turbine maker Vestas, are main gamers in wind energy.
Trying additional forward, the European Union — of which Denmark is a member — needs its offshore wind capability to hit 60 GW by 2030, and 300 GW by the center of the century.