Three western European countries have revealed plans to build a giant artificial island in the middle of the North Sea where wind farms would create power for 80 million people.The sandbank Dogger Bank, 100 kilometres off the east coast of England, is the mooted location for the groundbreaking ‘power island’ which would have its own runway and harbour.
The North Sea area has a relatively low altitude and receives a high amount of wind, making it the ideal location for the green power hub, according to transmission system operators Energinet.dk in Denmark and TenneT in Germany and the Netherlands.
The power transmission companies are expected to sign a contract on the 23rd of March to enter a mutual feasibility study of the project.
Another advantage of creating the island will be a reduction in transport costs of materials for building the wind power plants in comparison with other offshore wind farms.
The island would be around six square kilometres in size and surrounded by thousands of windmills.
Jesper Nørskov Rasmussen of Energinet.dk’s communications department told The Local that the creation of an artificial island for this purpose was “innovation”, but that the concept was not entirely new.
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