The Vindo consortium has revealed its vision for the world’s first energy island in the Danish part of the North Sea in a YouTube video.
The consortium comprises two of Denmark’s largest pension funds PensionDanmark and PFA, the country’s largest utility Andel, as well as assistance from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The artificial island would be built about 100km from land by 2030 and connect 3GW of offshore wind.
Vindo said that over time, the island will connect 10GW of offshore wind and host energy storage and Power-to-X.
It would also provide accommodation, operation and maintenance facilities, and HVDC converters for transmission and interconnection.
The Danish government plans two energy islands off Denmark by 2030 – one in the North Sea and the other on the island of Bornholm.