Topics Covered: Infrastructure- Energy.
Denmark to create world’s first energy island in the North Sea:
Context:
Denmark has approved a plan to build the world’s first energy island in the North Sea.
About the Project:
- The artificial island, in its initial phase, will be the size of 18 football fields.
- It will be linked to hundreds of offshore wind turbines and will supply both power to households and green hydrogen for use in shipping, aviation, industry and heavy transport.
- The island will produce and store enough green energy to cover the electricity needs of three million European households.
Significance:
The move came as the European Union unveiled plans to transform its electricity system to rely mostly on renewable energy within a decade and increase its offshore wind energy capacity 25-fold by 2050.
Sources: Indian Express.
