Denmark Green-Lights Artificial Island "Hub" for Offshore Wind Energy The Maritime Executive 20210207

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丹麥選定的地點，水深只有26至27米。It is near a double depth than the Taiwan Bank.
國際領土 vs. 非典型造島威脅。

Denmark Green-Lights Artificial Island "Hub" for Offshore Wind Energy     The Maritime Executive 20210207

Denmark has formally decided to construct the world’s first artificial island for the collection and utilization of electrical power from offshore wind farms.

Large-scale offshore wind farms are typically built with substation platforms, which collect up the power and export it to shoreside users via subsea cable. Instead, future wind farm installations in one area off Jutland will be connected to a substation "energy hub" island, according to Denmark's energy agency.

The new "energy hub" will be an artificially constructed island about 40 nm offshore in the North Sea.  It will be owned under a public-private partnership agreement, the terms of which have not yet been finalized.  The Danish state will own the majority of the island, but private companies will play a key role in its construction and outfitting.

"This decision marks the start of a new era of sustainable energy production in Denmark and the world and it links very ambitious climate goals with growth and green jobs," said Danish Minister for Climate Dan Jørgensen.  "The energy hub in the North Sea will be the largest construction project in Danish history.  It will make a big contribution to the realization of the enormous potential for European offshore wind, and I am excited for our future collaboration with other European countries."

The island is expected to have a total area of at least 30 acres, and in its first phase it will be able to gather and transfer power for up to three million households in multiple neighboring countries.

It will be an exceptionally costly undertaking, with a total price tag in the range of $34 billion. Its first operations are expected in 2033.

The artificial island is one of two island-based offshore wind energy "hubs" planned by the Danish state and its partners.  The second will be located on Bornholm, an island in the Baltic some 20 nm off the southern coast of Sweden.

 

丹麥將興建全球首座風能人工島    外交部 20210205

丹麥4日批准在北海興建全球首座能源人工島的計畫，該島生產及儲存的綠能預計將能夠滿足300萬戶歐洲家庭的用電需求。該人工島在初步階段的面積約為18個足球場大，並與數百個離岸風力發電機相連，預計耗資約2,100億丹麥克朗，相當於339億美元。丹麥能源部長約根森(Dan Jorgensen)表示，此人工島對於發揮歐洲離岸風力的潛能將貢獻良多。