COPENHAGEN: Denmark teamed up with Germany and the Netherlands to look into the possibility of building an island in the North Sea to locate wind turbines in the future.
The artificial island, which will include a harbor and a landing strip for aircraft, is proposed to be six square kilometers in size and be located on Dogger Bank, a large sandbank in a shallow area about 100 km off the east coast of the UK.
“We haven’t let our fantasy gain the upper hand, although it may sound a little crazy and like something out of science fiction,” said Torben Glar Nielsen, the technical head of national energy provider Energinet.dk.
“We who have the responsibility of transporting the electricity generated by offshore wind turbines back to land and the consumers must constantly push and make sure that the price continues to fall.
That requires innovative big-scale solutions, and an energy hub in the North Sea is worth thoroughly looking into.”
