Sweco lands job on North Sea energy island

The Danish Energy Agency has appointed Sweco as technical adviser for the proposed energy island in the North Sea.

The four-year contract is worth €6.7M (£5.75M).

The energy island will distribute energy from North Sea offshore wind farms with an initial capacity of 3GW and the option of expansion to 10GW.

Last year the Danish Parliament signed a climate agreement for energy and industry, committing Denmark to establishing an energy island among other initiatives. In February this year, it was decided that the island should be in the North Sea.

The scheme involves developing artificial platforms 80km off the coast of Denmark. This will connect to offshore wind turbines.

The island will initially have an area of 120,000m² and in its first phase will be able to provide 3M households with green energy.

It will be protected from North Sea storms on three sides by a high sea wall, with a dock for service vessels taking up the fourth side.

Danish Energy Agency head of programme for energy islands Mads Krogh emphasised the complexity of the scheme.

“In constructing the energy island, the Danish Energy Agency is facing a very exciting but also very complex task,” he said.

“In this context, we need specialised technical assistance, for example to establish functional requirements for the North Sea energy island. After an open invitation to tender for the role of adviser, the task was awarded to Sweco. We are looking forward to this collaboration.”

Sweco Denmark divisional director of infrastructure, water and environment Jes Hansen added: “The energy island will form the basis for new green business activity in Denmark and will be a major contribution in the transition to green energy, both in Denmark and Europe, and hopefully an inspiration to the rest of the world.”

Fugro and MMT were appointed to undertake the marine site characterisation work for the energy island in April.

Source https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/sweco-lands-job-on-north-sea-energy-island-02-07-2021/

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