The Copenhagen Infrastructure Partnership (CIP), which specializes in green energy investments, has unveiled plans to build an artificial energy island in Denmark for large-scale offshore wind power to produce hydrogen.
The energy island, called 'Brint' ("Hydrogen Island" in English), will be built on the Danish part of the Dogger Bank, a vast sandbar in the middle of the North Sea that spans the waters of England, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, with shallow water and strong winds , especially suitable for the construction of offshore wind power, and also provides convenience for the production of low-cost green power.
CIP said the island will be connected to up to 10GW of offshore wind power and is scheduled to be commissioned in 2030, when the area will become a central hub for the construction of offshore energy infrastructure in the North Sea, producing about 1 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year, equivalent to the EU’s 2030 hydrogen consumption 7% of the amount.
At the same time, CIP has also reached an agreement with Germany's Allianz Investment Management (AIM) to conduct a feasibility study for a similar artificial energy island project in the German North Sea; with Spain's Acciona and other partners are also bidding to build another one also in Denmark. The artificial energy island also has two functions of power generation and hydrogen production.
In recent years, with the increasing cost of offshore wind power grid-connected facilities, many developers have begun to study the hydrogen production from offshore wind power. . The other two large-scale green hydrogen projects currently under development in Beihai are:
German AquaVentus, located near Heligoland in the German North Sea, is jointly developed by 40 companies including RWE, Vattenfall, Shell, Equinor, etc. It is planned to establish a pilot project including two 14MW wind turbines by 2025, and it is expected to achieve an annual production of 1 million tons of green hydrogen by 2035. .
The Netherlands NortH2, located near Eemshaven in the north of the Netherlands, is jointly developed by Shell, Equinor, RWE, Gasunie, and Groningen Seaports. The second phase of the feasibility study has been completed, and it is expected to be completed in 2040. The hydrogen production is also 1 million tons per year.
