Some governments have set themselves goals of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, as pressure to act against climate change grows LONDON: Wind power companies have called on governments to ensure efforts to encourage low-carbon energy are maintained amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement seen by Reuters. […]
Ørsted to build landmark solar and storage project
COPENHAGEN : Ørsted announced today that following final investment decision from its Board of Directors it has commenced construction on the company’s first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project, the 460-Megawatt (MWac) Permian Energy Center. The facility is located in Andrews County, Texas, and will come online in mid-2021. Upon completion of the Permian Energy […]
Ørsted to Build Wind Farm in Nebraska
CHICAGO: Ørsted’s U.S. onshore company, Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE), a leading developer of U.S. renewables, issued the Final Notice to Proceed on its Plum Creek wind facility in Wayne County, Nebraska. This follows the final investment decision from Ørsted’s Board of Directors. The 230MW wind farm is expected to be operational in 2020 and will […]
New York Awards 1.7GW of Offshore Wind as Cuomo Signs State’s Green New Deal
Offshore wind developers Ørsted and Equinor will build huge projects to supply power for Long Island and New York City, in what the state calls the largest U.S. renewables procurement in history. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced 1.7 gigawatts of offshore wind deals with two development groups, as he signed into law […]
Siemens Gamesa wins order from Orsted for 900 MW wind project
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received the firm order from Orsted for its 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind power project in Taiwan. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy will supply the Asia-Pacific variant of the SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine for the wind power project. Siemens Gamesa will set up a nacelle […]
New Jersey picks Danish firm Orsted for wind energy project
The state Board of Public Utilities on Friday chose Orsted to build a project that would generate 1,100 megawatts of electricity ATLANTIC CITY: New Jersey has chosen a Danish company to build a wind energy project off the coast of Atlantic City that could power half a million homes. The state Board of Public Utilities […]
Orsted Wins New Jersey’s First Offshore Wind Solicitation
The Danish developer will build a 1.1-gigawatt offshore wind farm for the Garden State, as it consolidates its leading position in the U.S. market. Denmark’s Ørsted won New Jersey’s first offshore wind solicitation with a 1.1-gigawatt project known as Ocean Wind, the largest offshore wind project to secure a development deal with a U.S. state […]
Denmark’s Ørsted buys US solar-plus-storage specialist
Ørsted has expanded its footprint in the solar-plus-storage space via the acquisition of a US developer. The firm, Denmark’s self-styled largest energy group, used a recent Q1 2019 update to reveal an agreement to buy a subsidiary of US-based Coronal Energy. The statement did not name the subsidiary in question but contacted by sister title […]
Denmark’s Orsted to build two Taiwanese wind farms
The decision to go ahead with the projects comes after the Changhua 1 and 2a farms were put on hold earlier this year due to political uncertainty regarding the feed-in tariffs it would receive COPENHAGEN: The world’s largest offshore wind developer Orsted said on Tuesday it had decided to proceed with building two wind farms […]
Total, Orsted, Elicio join hands to bid for 600 Mw Dunkirk offshore wind farm project
The participation in the offshore wind bid is in line with Total’s strategy to develop low-carbon electricity business in Europe. New Delhi: French energy major Total today announced it has joined hands with renewable energy firms Orsted and Elicio for creating an industrial consortium to submit a joint bid for Dunkirk wind farm project for […]