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Energy islands: Europe's new frontier
11th Jun 2026
Energy Islands will bring together a number of offshore technologies into a single place
Offshore power is entering a new era with the development of ‘energy islands’ designed and built to produce and distribute green energy for power-hungry European networks.
Northern European economies have fostered grid interconnections allowing cross-border excess energy sales. But many states still lack the grid infrastructure to transmit energy even internally.
In 2025, the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands together curtailed over 13.9 Terawatt-hours (TWh) of renewable energy – enough to power Slovenia for a year.
This reality is driving the new notion of the offshore energy islands, capable of