Ørsted

Today, we’ve presented our half-year results for 2024. Watch the highlights from CEO Mads Nipper in the video below.   As always, we’d like to thank our colleagues and partners who support our day-to-day business and our journey towards a world that runs entirely on green energy. Find our interim report here: https://lnkd.in/dttwzPP9

To deliver even more energy to the United States, we are pleased to be working toward the development of four standalone storage projects with Mission Clean Energy. By increasing energy storage across the American Midwest, we’re contributing to making the electrical grid more stable, resilient, and efficient than ever. https://lnkd.in/eShzecRb

That’s a world’s first!   We've used heavy-lift cargo drones for the first time in an operational campaign at our Borssele 1 & 2 Offshore Wind Farm in the Netherlands.   The 70 kg drones – which have a wingspan of 2.6 m – can transport up to 100 kg of cargo and will help improve operational efficiency and safety while reducing carbon emissions from operating an offshore wind farm.   In this specific case, we’ve decided to update some critical evacuation and safety equipment in each of the wind turbines at the Dutch offshore wind farm. Normally, a vessel would sail from one wind turbine to the next, using several different cranes to lift each box to the top of the wind turbine. Instead, the drone simply flew back and forth from an offshore supply vessel directly to the top of the nacelle, allowing us to update the equipment 10-15 times faster than normally. Read more on our website: https://lnkd.in/gJXtPYRP

We’ve hit another major milestone for our New York projects! Thrilled to announce groundbreaking on Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm which will power approx. 600,000 US homes with renewable energy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eY4pMiSP

Offshore wind turbines are built to withstand extreme weather conditions. Our new hurricane and grid loss simulator can quantify the impacts of these events, leading to smarter design and operational decisions – and ultimately material and carbon savings. 🌀Learn more about this and other recent innovations at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys. 

🤫 Shh! We’ve got big news, but we’re keeping our voices down.   That’s because we’ve invented a novel technology for installing monopile foundations on our offshore wind projects with even lower noise.   For decades, we’ve been deploying measures to build sustainably and protect ocean life. With this new technology, we’re introducing the next generation of nature-friendly installation methods. The system uses a patented jetting technology attached to the monopile to lower the resistance of the sandy soil, further reducing noise during installation.   We’ve successfully tested this innovative method at our Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany, marking a milestone on our net-positive biodiversity journey and a potential game changer for how to build offshore wind.   Read more about the installation system and how Ørsted leads innovation in offshore wind: https://lnkd.in/dM_4NKdZ

Imagine moving from a vessel to an offshore wind turbine on the windy, wavy high seas. 🌊   It’s often the most challenging part of the job for our offshore wind technicians.   That’s why, together with Rutter Inc., we developed the Sigma S6 WaveSignal. It’s a device that predicts waves up to 2 minutes away from all directions, allowing our crews to make safer, more efficient transfers at sea.    Learn more and check out all the projects recently featured in our new innovation report at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys.

What’s better than reducing carbon emissions? How about negative emissions.    With the Ørsted Kalundborg CO2 Hub, we aim to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Having been granted a 20-year contract by the Danish Energy Agency, the project will begin to capture 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 annually from our wood chip- and straw-fired combined heat and power plants at Asnæs and Avedøre from 2026. The carbon dioxide will then be shipped to Norway and stored in a reservoir in the North Sea.    The impact? Think of the annual carbon emissions from 200,000 cars. 🚗 It’s roughly like taking that pollution out of the atmosphere and burying it 2.6km deep below the seabed.    This is just one of many projects recently featured in our new innovation report. Check out the whole report at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys 

As we scale up renewable energy, we must do so in a way that not only helps halt and reverse biodiversity loss, but also actively contributes to nature restoration. This means making the energy transition a true force for good for the climate and biodiversity.        So, what steps can we take to deliver long-term benefits to people and the planet, and how do we measure them? 🌡 Find out at orsted.com/measuringnature. #WorldOceanMonth #Biodiversity #RenewableEnergy 

Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, has officially received approval of its Construction and Operations Plan!