Could an artificial island represent a "moon landing" for green energy?

Europeans' consumption and production of electricity is to be tallied up and the figures could determine whether a huge artificial island made of sand will be constructed in the North Sea. 
Photo: PR - TenneT
Photo: PR - TenneT
BY DR TREKANTEN

Civil engineer Henrik Thomsen from Energinet, the Danish grid operator, is knee-deep in complicated calculations involving thousands of variables.

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