The Hydrogen Island will be the first of its kind. The Hydrogen Island - and over time other adjacent energy islands - will produce very large amounts of green hydrogen from offshore wind and export this to nearby countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Hydrogen Island will thus create the basis for production of sustainable fuels of the future to help decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy industry and transportation.

The island is expected to be placed on the Danish part of Dogger Bank, around 200 km off Denmark's west coast. Consisting of a 20,000 km2 sandbank, the area offers some of the world’s best conditions for producing low-cost green electricity, due to low water depths and strong winds. As such, the area is expected to become a central hub for the future build-out of offshore energy infrastructure in the North Sea. With Hydrogen Island, Denmark therefore has a unique opportunity to secure a strategic role in relation to the expected development of a wide-ranging network of offshore infrastructure, spanning from energy islands to power cables and hydrogen pipelines, across the North Sea's territorial boundaries.