The wind farm would have capacity to produce 2 gigawatts of electricity and would power the 1-gigawatt hydrogen plant. The hydrogen facility would be able to produce about 116,000 tonnes a year by 2030 for use as energy. COPENHAGEN : Denmark’s Orsted plans to develop an offshore wind farm and adjacent hydrogen plant at the […]
Total to outpace Iberdrola and Orsted on renewable power capacity
Analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, reveals Total will outpace clean energy majors Iberdrola and Orsted on renewable power capacity by 2030. The insight highlights the oil and gas major’s ambitions to reach 100GW of renewable power capacity by 2030, eclipsed only by utility Enel which aims to have 145GW. In […]
Ørsted Joins Efforts To Develop Offshore-Wind-to-Green-Hydrogen Tech
Consortium wins €5 million grant for Oyster project, which aims to make seaborne green hydrogen competitive with methane. Global offshore wind developer Ørsted has become the latest major player to pursue off-grid green hydrogen, a technology that could expand capacity for converting offshore wind power to zero-carbon energy. The Danish firm is collaborating with ITM […]
Coalition Aims for 25GW of Green Hydrogen by 2026
Seven firms join forces for fiftyfold scale-up of global hydrogen production capacity. The soaring hype surrounding green hydrogen reached new heights this week, as a seven-company-strong consortium unveiled plans for a fiftyfold scale-up in production capacity by 2026. ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Iberdrola, Ørsted, Snam and Yara launched a coalition called the Green Hydrogen […]
European Commission Proposes 300 GW Offshore Wind Target For 2050
The offshore wind strategy will back supply chains, innovation and cross-border planning for an unprecedented build-out. The European Commission proposed a 60-gigawatt offshore wind target for 2030 on Thursday, a highly ambitious goal that would require an additional 48 GW of installed capacity in just under a decade. A longer-term target of 300 GW by […]
BP and Ørsted to create renewable hydrogen partnership in Germany
Plan to jointly develop industrial-scale electrolyser project for green hydrogen production Powered by Ørsted offshore wind, project will initially replace 20% of natural gas-based hydrogen used at bp’s Lingen refinery Scale of project will support future reduction in green hydrogen costs bp’s first full-scale green hydrogen project, a significant step in […]
Already the World’s Leading Market, UK Doubles Support for Offshore Wind
U.K. expands renewable auctions, releases funds for the offshore wind supply chain and sets a new floating wind target. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered a huge boost to the country’s offshore wind sector as it looks to double-down on its status as the world’s leading market. The nation’s next round of contracts for […]
Orsted, the World’s Offshore Wind Giant, Gets Serious About Solar
A company synonymous with offshore wind is building 700 megawatts of U.S. solar plants, signaling the era of the renewable energy “major.” Ørsted, a developer synonymous with offshore wind, will have a novel experience in 2021: All of the new power plants it completes will be onshore, and most will involve solar panels. Since building […]
New Jersey to Build Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Port
The New Jersey Wind Port will be built next to a PSEG nuclear power plant along the Delaware River, at a cost of several hundred million dollars. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced plans on Tuesday to develop an offshore wind port on an artificial island along the Delaware River, potentially giving the state a […]
5 Wind Energy Giants Embracing Solar Power
More heavyweight wind developers are betting big on solar. Here are five to watch in the decade ahead. Onshore wind is now the leading renewable energy technology in the U.S., and it’s still knocking competitors out of the way. Last year wind overtook hydropower in total generation, and 2020 is on track to be a […]