Ørsted is a new title of Danish power giant DONG Energy, a leader of the North Europe’s power market, especially in the field of offshore wind power generation. DONG Energy was set up in 2006 as a result of a merger between DONG, Elsam, Energi E2, Nesa, Københavns Energi and Frederiksberg Forsyning.
Offshore wind
Ørsted US Offshore Wind
In October 2018, Ørsted acquired US offshore wind company Deepwater Wind to expand local operations and renamed it Ørsted US Offshore Wind.
Advanced fuel
Hydrogen fuel
In August 2019, a consortium of European companies comprising Ørsted, British hydrogen solutions developer ITM Power, and energy market consultant Element Energy have secured funding from the UK government for the Gigastack feasibility study, a six-month project to investigate the potential delivery of bulk, low-cost and zero-carbon hydrogen.
Subsidiaries and affiliates
Lincoln Clean Energy (US)
Ørsted US Offshore Wind (US)
All projects of Ørsted
- Asnæs – biomass energy plant — 25 MW, Denmark, 2020
- Carnegie Road — energy storage facility — 20 MW, UK, 2019
- Choshi — offshore wind farm — Japan
- Greater Changhua – offshore wind farm – 900 MW, Taiwan
- Hornsea — offshore wind farm — 5 GW, UK, 2020
- Kalundborg Bioenergi – biogas plant – 8 mcm, Denmark, 2018
- Lockett Wind — onshore wind farm — 184 MW, USA, 2019
- Race Bank — offshore wind farm — 573 MW, UK, 2019
- Revolution Wind — offshore wind farm — 600 MW, USA, 2023
- Skipjack — offshore wind farm — 120 MW, USA, 2022
- Southfork – offshore wind farm — 130 MW, USA, 2022
Ørsted's latest news
- BNEF: Global clean energy investment falls in H1 2019
- Ørsted, partners secure UK government funding for hydrogen project
- Lockett Wind — onshore wind farm — 184 MW, USA, 2019
- Asnæs – biomass energy plant — 25 MW, Denmark, 2020
- Ørsted acquires 103MW South Dakota wind project from Pattern Energy
- New Jersey selects Ørsted as preferred bidder for debut offshore wind farm
- Kalundborg Bioenergi – biogas plant – 8 mcm, Denmark, 2018
- Ørsted, Total and Elicio to bid for 600 MW offshore wind farm in France
- Hornsea — offshore wind farm — 5 GW, UK, 2020
- Choshi — offshore wind farm — Japan
Other renewable energy companies
- SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy)
- Sener
- Total
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance, BNEF
- Mainstream Renewable Power
