The progression of Avedøre from 1960 to 2019, and the nine artificial islands Urban Power plans for 2040.

(Urban Power)

At a Glance

The Danish government is planning to build nine man-made islands.The islands will house a tech hub, but also fight rising seas and storm surge.The largest of the nine islands will be designated for the largest waste-to-energy plant in Northern Europe.

The Danish government announced plans to build nine man-made islands — known as Holmene — just south of Copenhagen, creating a total of 33 million square feet of new land that could help combat the changing climate.

": A growing demand for sites for knowledge intensive industry, fossil-free energy production and flood barrier to secure both the existing and future areas," Urban Power, the design studio, describes in Holmene's project description.

Urban Power plans to use some of 900 million cubic feet of surplus soil Copenhagen was left with after digging subways and related building projects to create a natural flood barrier along the coastline that will counter rising seas and storm surge.

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The largest of the nine islands is being slated to house the largest waste-to-energy plant in Northern Europe.

Holmene, Urban Power's group of nine artificial islands, that's planned just south of Copenhagen.

(Urban Power)

Urban Power says that the waste from 1.5 million residents in the area will be handled and turned into clean water and resources by the island. Combined with heat storage, wind mills and other eco-friendly technologies, the facility will be able to produce 25 percent of Copenhagen's electrical needs.

The artificial islands are expected to be home to around , according to Dezeen.

“,” Brian Mikkelson, head of Denmark's chamber of commerce, said told TV2, according to the Guardian.

The hub will only add to Denmark's largest industrial area known as Avedøre Holme.

The project will create over , Architects Newspaper reported. Construction is set to begin in 2022, with the first island being inhabitable within six years if approved by the Danish parliament.