The Danish government has unveiled plans to build two offshore wind energy islands in the Baltic and North Seas with a total capacity of 4 GW by 2030. Denmark intends to build one of the two 2 GW hubs on the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm. It could be expanded to a capacity of 10 GW at a later stage. The second hub will be located on an artificial island in the North Sea. In December 2019, the country allocated DKK 65m (€8.7m) for studies on the development of 10 GW of offshore wind capacity in the Kattegat, Baltic and North Seas. The Energy islands project is estimated to be worth DKK 200-300bn (€27-40bn).
In June 2019, the government reached an agreement with all the parties in the Danish parliament to support the green transition to 2030. The deal includes massive investments to achieve the target of 100% green power by 2030, as well as a pledge to reduce the number of onshore wind turbines by 70% over the next decade. In December 2019, the Parliament adopted a legally binding national Climate Act with an objective to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 70% by 2030 (compared to the 1990 level) and towards net-zero emission by 2050.
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