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  • First Turbine Up at Ørsted’s Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany

    20 June 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbine has been installed at the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Located approximately 72 kilometres off the coast of Lower Saxony, the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm will feature a total of 83 Siemens Gamesa wind turbines, each with a rated […]

  • Ørsted Becomes Sole Owner of 924 MW Sunrise Wind in US for USD 152 Million

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted and Eversource have finalized the transaction for Eversource’s share in the Sunrise Wind offshore wind project, initially announced in January. Ørsted has acquired its former partner’s stake for USD 78 million (approximately EUR 72 million) less than the originally agreed price earlier this year. In the agreement signed in January, the two companies agreed […]

  • Ørsted Hires Correll for Cable Fault-Finding and Repair in UK, US and Taiwan

    4 June 2024
    Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Supply Chain

    Ørsted has awarded three multi-year framework agreements for fault-finding, diagnostic and dry repair of cables at its offshore wind farms in the UK, the US, and Taiwan to Correll Group. The agreements have been signed for an initial period of three years and Ørsted has also selected the UK-based Correll Group, a subsidiary of the […]

  • ‘World’s First’ Green Fuel SOV Hits the Water

    4 June 2024
    Vessels

    The “world’s first” e-methanol-fueled service operation vessel (SOV) was launched at Cemre Shipyard in Türkiye on Saturday, 1 June. In April 2022, Esvagt and Ørsted decided to invest in what the companies described as the world’s first SOV that can operate on green fuels. A month later, Cemre Shipyard received an order to build the […]

  • New Jersey Grants Ørsted’s Motions to Vacate Orders for Cancelled Ocean Wind Projects

    16 August 2024
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting, Project Updates

    The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) has granted a motion submitted by Ørsted on 1 July, requesting the BPU vacate the orders issued for the two Ocean Wind projects offshore New Jersey after the developer cancelled the projects last year. On 14 August, the BPU accepted Ørsted’s motions to vacate the BPU order […]

  • Ørsted to Buy Tesla Battery Energy Storage for Giant UK Offshore Wind Farm

    12 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Power-to-X, Project Updates, Storage, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on battery energy storage for its 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, where the developer will use a Tesla system with a capacity of 600 MWh and a power rating of 300 MW. The battery energy storage system (BESS) will be installed in […]

  • CS WIND Offshore Rolls Out Last Borkum Riffgrund 3 Monopile

    11 October 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    CS WIND Offshore has completed the fabrication of the last monopile foundation for the Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany and has marked the milestone with its loadout. CS WIND Offshore, which acquired Denmark’s Bladt Industries in 2023, has manufactured 40 XXL wind turbine foundations for the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3, which will become […]

  • First Turbine Up at 704 MW Revolution Wind Project in US

    4 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first of the 65 Siemens Gamesa SG 11.0-200 DD wind turbines has been installed at Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US. The Revolution Wind offshore wind farm will utilise 65 Siemens Gamesa turbines, the same 11 MW turbine model used at the recently completed South Fork Wind. Once in operation, the […]

  • BOEM Gives Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind Green Light to Begin Offshore Construction

    24 June 2024
    Authorities, Fixed-Bottom, Planning & Permitting

    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Sunrise Wind’s construction and operations plan (COP), marking the final approval needed for the federal agency to move the 942 MW offshore wind project toward the start of offshore construction. Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, is being developed by Ørsted and Eversource […]

  • Revolution Wind Commissioning Pushed Back to 2026

    15 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Onshore Infrastructure, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted’s 704 MW Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US will not go into full commercial operation next year but in 2026, according to the developer. In a comment to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half year 2024, Mads Nipper, the company’s group president and CEO, explained the postponement was due to a […]

  • Equinor Acquires Minority Stake in Ørsted, Becomes Second-Largest Shareholder

    7 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Industry

    Norway-headquartered Equinor has acquired a 9.8 per cent minority stake in Denmark’s Ørsted, making it the second-largest shareholder behind the Danish state, which holds a controlling stake in the company. According to Equinor, the company is supportive of Ørsted’s strategy and management and is not seeking board representation. “Equinor has a long-term perspective and will […]

  • Ørsted Says 99 Pct Noise Reduction Achieved with New Installation Method Tested at Gode Wind 3

    12 July 2024
    Environment, Fixed-Bottom, Industry, Technology

    On 12 July, Ørsted revealed the company achieved a significant noise reduction using a new monopile installation method at the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Tested during the installation of three of the wind farm’s monopiles, the new method had reduced noise levels by over 99 per cent, to a level only […]

  • US Offshore Wind Farm Encounters Another Construction Hiccup

    5 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    After a delay in the construction of the onshore substation that also delayed the project’s commercial operation date, the Revolution Wind offshore wind farm in the US has faced a challenge with the installation of one of the offshore substation monopiles. This is according to the information shared by Ørsted in the company’s third-quarter results, […]

  • Seaway7 to Wire Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm

    30 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Cables, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Ørsted has awarded Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, a contract for the transport and installation (T&I) of the inter-array cables at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project in the UK. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation of 192 66 kV inter-array cables, measuring approximately 500 kilometres in length, with offshore activities […]

  • Ørsted Awards MMA Offshore Wind Survey Contract in Australia

    11 November 2024
    Business development, Research & Development

    Ørsted has awarded MMA Offshore an offshore wind site survey contract off the coast of Australia. On behalf of its client, Ørsted, the scope is said to be one of the first reconnaissance site surveys taking place in the Gippsland offshore wind zone since the award of feasibility licenses. The company will deploy its Australian-flagged […]

  • First Suction Bucket Foundations Arrive in Taiwan for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4

    13 November 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of suction bucket jacket foundations, which will be installed at the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, have arrived at the Port of Taichung in Taiwan. The initial batch of foundations has arrived from HSG Sungdong in South Korea, the supplier of 33 units for the 920 MW Greater Changhua […]

  • Brookfield Buys Into Ørsted’s Four Operational Offshore Wind Farms in UK

    30 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Global investment firm Brookfield has bought minority stakes in four UK offshore wind farms owned and operated by Ørsted for around GBP 1.75 billion (approximately EUR 2.1 billion). The buy-in, which Brookfield is pursuing through Brookfield Infrastructure Fund V, will see the investment firm acquiring 12.45 per cent in Hornsea 1, Hornsea 2, Walney Extension, […]

  • ‘World’s First’ O&M Campaign Using Heavy-Lift Cargo Drones Underway at Dutch Offshore Wind Farm

    7 August 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Operations & Maintenance, Project Updates, Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted has deployed heavy-lift cargo drones (HLCDs) for maintenance work at the Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. This is the first time heavy-lift cargo drones are being used in an operational campaign, according to the company which tested the concept in 2023 at its Hornsea One offshore wind farm in the UK. […]

  • Fugro to Gather Metocean Data for Ørsted’s Australian Offshore Wind Farms

    10 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, R&D, Research & Development

    Ørsted has selected the Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro to carry out a floating LiDAR measurement campaign for its Gippsland offshore wind farms in Australia. For twelve months, Fugro’s SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy will measure wind, wave, current, and meteorological parameters to help assess the viability of Ørsted’s wind farms located off Gippsland in Australia’s state […]

  • Ørsted Adds Acteon to Greater Changhua 2b & 4 Team

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain

    Pulse Structural Monitoring, a brand in marine energy and infrastructure services company Acteon, has signed a contract with Ørsted Taiwan to provide measurement and associated data acquisition systems for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company, which is part of Acteon’s Geo-services business line, will be responsible for the […]

  • Hornsea 3 Offshore Substation Jackets Start Taking Shape

    22 August 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Foundations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain

    Heerema has commenced the construction of offshore substation jackets for the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 wind farm in the UK, kicking off with a steel-cutting ceremony. On 20 August, the company held the first steel-cutting ceremony for the jackets at Heerema Vlissingen in the Netherlands. Ørsted, the developer of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project, […]

  • Over Half of Sunrise Wind Foundation Components Built, Offshore Construction to Kick Off in 2025

    16 September 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Foundations, Manufacturing, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    More than half of the advanced foundation components for the 924 MW Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm have already been built, as the project gears up for offshore construction in 2025. Ørsted selected Riggs Distler & Company, a union construction solutions firm with offices in Mt. Vernon and Saugerties, New York, as the general contractor […]

  • New York’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Breaks Ground

    18 July 2024
    Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    On 17 July, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction of Sunrise Wind, the state’s largest offshore wind project, developed by Ørsted. The groundbreaking at the Boys and Girls Club of Bellport on Long Island officially kicked off the start of the 924 MW Sunrise Wind project which is said to support […]

  • South Korean Firm to Supply Power Equipment for Ørsted’s Hornsea 4 Offshore Wind Farm

    4 November 2024
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Grid Connection, Supply Chain

    Denmark’s Ørsted has awarded a contract to Hyosung Heavy Industries for the supply of ultra-high voltage power equipment for the Hornsea 4 offshore wind farm in the UK. Under the contract, the South Korean company will supply 400 kV ultra-high voltage transformers and reactors, essential components for improving power quality for the 2.4 GW Hornsea […]

  • Ørsted to Soon Launch Walk-to-Work Vessel Tender for Polish Offshore Wind Project

    2 October 2024
    Contracts & Tenders, Fixed-Bottom, Supply Chain, Vessels

    Ørsted is expected to soon launch a tender for a walk-to-work (W2W) vessel for one of the offshore wind projects in Poland the company owns in partnership with PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. According to a recently issued early notice, notifying about the qualification system that will be used for the upcoming W2W procurement, the company […]

  • Baltica 2 Final Investment Decision Expected in Second Half of 2024

    5 June 2024
    Business & Finance, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Wind Farm Update

    Polish energy company PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted are expected to reach the final investment decision (FID) on the Baltica 2 offshore wind project in the second half of this year, Dariusz Marzec, Chairman of the Board at PGE, said at the Polish Wind Energy Association (PWEA) Conference on 4 June. The 1.5 GW Baltica […]