Denmark strikes deal on £25bn artificial wind energy island

Thanks to an inter-party agreement, the clean energy hub in the North Sea is set to be the largest construction project in Danish history

Denmark's government has agreed to take a majority stake in a 25bn artificial energy island", which is to be built 50 miles (80km) offshore, in the middle of the North Sea.

The island to the west of the Jutland peninsula will initially have an area of 120,000 sq metres - the size of 18 football pitches - and in its first phase will be able to provide 3m households with green energy.