Name: Europe’s Silicon Valley
Architects: URBAN POWER
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Notes:
- Man-made islands
- combat city’s challenges
- Tech space
- Fossil-free energy production
- Flood barriers
- Public recreation space
- 380 businesses
- 12,000 jobs
- Heat storage
- Windmills
- To be Northern Europe’s largest Waste-to-Energy plant
- Will reduce at least 70 tons of CO2 annually
- Will produce more than 300 MWh of fossil free energy – 25% of Copenhagen’s power consumption
- Built-up soil creates natural flood barriers
- Start of construction is 2022
- Project completion in 2040
Information from: https://www.archdaily.com/909510/eco-friendly-floating-cities-of-the-future