The energy hub will produce large amounts of green electricity and is one of the government's flagship projects for the green transition in Europe. Fully implemented it will be able to cover the consumption of 10 MM European households.

The energy hub will serve as an offshore power plant gathering and distributing green electricity from hundreds of wind turbines surrounding the island directly to consumers in countries surrounding the North Sea. The island is expected to have a total area of at least 120,000 sq m and in its first phase it will be able to provide 3 MM European households with green energy.

In addition, the project will also supply green hydrogen for use in shipping, aviation, industry and heavy transport. The project will be a public private partnership between the Danish state and private companies. Plans were also announced for the hub to be able to store green electricity on the island, convert it to liquid green fuel, and send it via subsea cables to Denmark and neighboring countries in the future.

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• The two hubs initial capacity will be 5 GW triple the current installed offshore capacity in Denmark. Later they will be expanded to provide a capacity of 12 GW in total.
• In the North Sea, the island and offshore windfarms will be located at least 80 km west of the coast of Jutland. Around 200 wind turbines are expected in the first phase of the project.
• Last year Denmark reached a deal on the future of fossil extraction in the North Sea, leading to the cancellation of the ongoing eighth licensing round and all future rounds to extract oil and gas.
• The deal also established a final phase-out date of fossil extraction by 2050 and laid out plans for a just transition of impacted workers.