The Netherlands-based TenneT has plans to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm by 2027, along with a 2.3-square-mile artificial island to support it.
The location for the artificial island is a region called the Dogger Bank, approximately 60 miles off the coast of Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. Due to the shallowness, the location is ideal for building an artificial island, as well as supporting up to 200 turbines.
The island would be used to convert the AC current received from the wind turbines to DC current, which would then be sent via undersea cable to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Eventually, additional cables could send power to any country bordering the North Sea.
TenneT believes its proposal could generate as much as 30 gigawatts of electricity — twice the amount of installed offshore wind in all of Europe today.
The company is putting its plans together and presenting them to potential partners.
