Site investigations have started in the North Sea for the world's first energy island, an estimated $1.1-billion project that will link 3 GW of power from about 200 offshore turbines in its first phase, say the project's Danish developers.
To be built under a public private partnership, the island will be used to distribute electricity directly to nearby countries and, potentially, to produce green fuels and could be scaled up to 10 GW, says Poul-Jacob Vilhelmsen, chief project manager at Energinet, Denmark's energy grid operator.