Tag: Ørsted

Hornsea 2, the world’s largest windfarm, enters full operation

Stuart Mitchell

Construction began at the 165-turbine project, 89km off the coast of Yorkshire, in 2018.  Ørsted announced on Wednesday 31 August that it is now fully operational. The Dutch business now has 13 fully operational offshore wind farms in the UK that it either fully or partly owned, with a combined capacity of 6.2GW. Its other British projects include Hornsea 1, Walney and the Walney Extension, and Burbo Bank and the Burbo Bank Extension. “The UK is truly a world leader in offshore wind and the completion of Hornsea 2 is…

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Ørsted Agrees New Two-Year Partnership With RNLI To Support Crew Training

Stuart Mitchell

Ørsted will make a contribution of £140,000 over two years to fund training costs at seven RNLI lifeboat stations across the UK – Barrow, Clacton-on-Sea, Humber, New Brighton, Ramsgate, Skegness and Wells – to help the charity continue their invaluable work. The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea and its lifeboat volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service across the UK and Ireland. With crews launching in all manner of conditions in order to save lives, it’s crucial that they receive the best possible training so…

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Global offshore wind industry to increase voltage

Stuart Mitchell

The offshore wind industry is increasing array voltage from 66kV to 132kV, to enable larger turbines, reduce cost and ultimately help meet global climate demands.  This increase in array voltage will:  Enable more efficient power collection for future wind farms globally  Reduce the length of cables in the offshore wind farm   Less cable will lower costs and environmental footprints  Facilitate the next generation of offshore wind turbines.  The industry’s last voltage shift began in 2010, when the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) – Carbon Trust’s flagship research, development and deployment…

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Ørsted Aims for Net-Positive Biodiversity Impact From New Projects Commissioned From 2030

Stuart Mitchell

The accelerated global build-out of renewable energy which is needed to decarbonise global energy systems and stop global warming at 1.5°C must take place in balance with nature. Therefore, Ørsted sets the ambition to deliver a net-positive biodiversity impact from all new renewable energy projects that are commissioned from 2030 at the latest. A net-positive impact occurs when a project has an overall positive biodiversity impact due to active measures taken to offset potential biodiversity losses. “Over the coming decades, the deployment of renewable energy must accelerate significantly to speed…

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Ørsted Commits to Sustainable Recycling of Wind Turbine Blades

Stuart Mitchell

On Ørsted’s Capital Markets Day on 2 June, the company announced its new commitment to either reuse, recycle, or recover all of the wind turbine blades in Ørsted’s global portfolio of onshore and offshore wind farms upon decommissioning. The commitment comes as a part of Ørsted’s new company strategy which includes an ambition to expand its leading sustainability position and as part of the work towards achieving a carbon-neutral footprint by 2040. “We want to help create a world that runs entirely on green energy, and we want to do…

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