{"id":249683,"date":"2024-04-25T22:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/watch-the-worlds-first-artificial-energy-island-being-built-video\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T01:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T01:12:45","slug":"watch-the-worlds-first-artificial-energy-island-being-built-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/watch-the-worlds-first-artificial-energy-island-being-built-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the world&#8217;s first artificial energy island being built [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\"><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto: Bygging Uddemann\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first of 23 caissons for Princess Elisabeth Island, the world\u2019s first artificial energy island, is nearly complete.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-360884\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Elisabeth Island\u00a0will be an electricity grid at sea that will connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future\u00a0interconnectors\u00a0with the UK and Denmark. Belgian electricity transmission system operator\u00a0Elia\u00a0is the project\u2019s developer.<\/p>\n<p>The 20,000-ton caissons, which will form the energy island\u2019s outer walls, are being built at Jan De Nul Group and DEME\u2019s construction site in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. It takes around three months to build one caisson. The production process is split into five 20-day stages. The caissons are moved between the different work sites using \u201crunners,\u201d which takes about six hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the caissons are ready, a&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2024\/04\/25\/watch-the-worlds-first-artificial-energy-island-being-built-video\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at electrek.co.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Bygging Uddemann The first of 23 caissons for Princess Elisabeth Island, the world\u2019s first artificial energy island, is nearly complete. 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