A Danish consortium is ready to finance an artificial island energy hub in the North Sea called Vindo (written as VindØ), with $59 million available initially. Vindo will act as the nexus for 10 GW of far offshore wind power, and will be built using submersible concrete boxes 100 kilometers out to sea. The project has Danish government support, but might not need its funding. The intention from the consortium is to have the island running by 2030. On May 20 this year, Denmark went further on the previously-mooted idea of an energy island – proposing a second one of 2 GW for the Baltic Sea, in addition to the 2 GW – 10 GW project in the North Sea.…