”Energy Island” is to constitute a hub for sea-based wind power in the waters just southeast of Skåne. But the electricity from the turbines is to be sent to the Danish and German mainland, after being converted on Bornholm.
This week, it became clear that the conversion stations for the energy island are to be built by Siemens Energy. According to a contract worth one billion euro (eleven billion kronor), the German company is building two stations on Bornholm itself, as well as one on Danish Zealand and one in Germany, announce the grid operators Energinet and 50 Hertz.
With this, ”we are taking a big step forward towards a future where sea wind from the Baltic Sea supplies millions of customers with electricity”, comments Energinet's CEO Thomas Egebo in a press release.
In total, BEI has a budget of seven billion euro. It is just one of several similar major investments around Europe, to gather the energy from the rapidly growing sea-based wind power. For example, 50 Hertz's Belgian owner Elia is building an artificial island in the North Sea, between Belgium and England. The budget for the energy island is 3.8 billion euro.
