The project represents an incredible feat of ambition for the Nordic country.
The world is facing a global challenge called climate change. To solve the problem of our time, we need ambition and courage: bold ambition and big thinking in pursuing a clean energy future; and the courage to make the hard choices to make that ambition a reality.
When nearly 200 governments at COP28 in Dubai agreed on a historic target to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, they demonstrated the bold ambition needed for the world to transition away from fossil fuels, limit global temperature rise and prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
Denmark's Wind Island - the world's first renewable energy island - is one such bold ambition that demonstrates extraordinary courage. Let's see how the Nordic country "goes with the flow"?
The world's rare energy "supercontinent"
Wind in the North Sea is like the Sun in the Sahara. And just as the Sahara is an attractive location for solar power, the North Sea is ideal for wind power.
Denmark - a leader in offshore wind power - is doing just that 100km off land.
Named Wind Island (VindØ), the island is being hailed as Earth's rare energy "supercontinent" with optimal conditions for generating clean, green energy using wind turbines.
Illustration of the world's first renewable energy island, called Wind Island. Source: VindØ Consortium
As of now, Wind Island is being built by VindØ Energy Island Consortium and global partners. By 2036, the island is expected to have a capacity of 3 Gigawatts of offshore wind power, according to updated information from Reuters.
Not stopping at 3 Gigawatts, Denmark has ambitions to connect Wind Island with 10 Gigawatts of offshore wind power to the national grid. This is equivalent to 25 traditional offshore wind farms. These 10 Gigawatts of power can supply electricity to 10 million European households.
The island is expected to cover an area of between 120,000 and 460,000 square meters (equivalent to 18 to 64 football fields), depending on whether it will have a capacity of 3 or 10 gigawatts.
To have such a huge project in the middle of the sea, Denmark has to spend a lot of money. Talking about the cost of building and operating Wind Island, the Danish international consulting group COWI gave the initial figure. COWI said the cost depends on the capacity that this energy island creates. Specifically, to create a capacity of 3 Gigawatts of electricity, Wind Island needs 7.93 billion Euros (nearly 208,000 billion VND, calculated at the current exchange rate).
When Denmark ambitiously "upgrades" its electricity capacity to 10 Gigawatts of electricity, the cost of operating and transmitting electricity will reach nearly 33 billion Euros. Of course, the cost figure can change depending on the speed of construction, technology installation... on this artificial island.
The world's first renewable energy island not only provides huge amounts of clean, green and stable electricity to Denmark and its neighbours, but also hosts an innovation zone to support the development of large-scale energy storage and power transmission solutions.
Wind Island will be connected to the mainland using high voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. HVDC converters will be used to package energy from the offshore wind farm and transport it to the mainland.
Why does Denmark "spend a lot of money" on Windy Island?
It is no coincidence that Denmark invested a lot of time, effort and money into the world's first artificial island.
First, this project is completely powered by nature. Thanks to the power of the wind off the North Sea, through modern technology and hands, Denmark has created a huge source of clean electricity.
The North Sea is one of the sea areas with favorable conditions for wind power development. Source: Internet
Adding to this, the British multinational electricity and gas company National Grid plc analyzed: The North Sea is one of the best sources of stable offshore wind energy in Europe because the area has extremely strong winds and relatively shallow seas, making it an ideal location for offshore wind farms. By 2030, the North Sea could provide a huge amount of electricity, enough to power more than 120 million homes.
Second, Wind Island is a focus of the Danish government's Climate Action Plan 2020. The Danish Ministry of Energy says Wind Island will help promote the electrification of Danish society and enable households and businesses to use green electricity for their electricity consumption.
Third, the long-term goal of the Wind Island is to further and more sustainably connect clean electricity to Europe and the world. Because the Scandinavian country’s energy island vision fits in with the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy deployment strategy, which emphasizes the need to access more marine space, improve regional and international energy cooperation, and develop new technologies to transfer more green energy from offshore to onshore and beyond to connect to the international wind farm network.
More broadly, Wind Island promises to be a place to exploit ocean resources to support the "Blue Economy" of both Europe and the world. This renewable energy source is predicted by scientists to increase dramatically in the future.
The Guardian quotes research from the journal Geophysical Research Letters (of The American Geophysical Union (AGO) suggests that the global average potential for offshore wind power generation could increase by between 4% and 18%, depending on the emissions scenario, with local increases of up to 26% in European waters by 2100.
Renewable energy (such as wind energy, solar energy...) is one of the important clean energy sources that any country in the world needs to serve the needs of economic development as well as meet the common climate goals of humanity.
References: Windisland, Stateofgreen, PC Group
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