Ørsted
The Ørsted vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Ørsted develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants, and provides energy products to its customers. Ørsted ranks #1 in Corporate Knights' 2020 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world and is recognised on the CDP Climate Change A List as a global leader on climate action. Headquartered in Denmark, Ørsted employs 6,600 people. Ørsted's shares are listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen (Orsted). In 2019, the group's revenue was DKK 67.8 billion (EUR 9.1 billion).
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12-16-19
Offshore Wind Vessel Serves "Seawater" to Avoid Generating Plastic Waste
Around 80 technicians and crew members live and work on Wind of change, a service operation vessel that maintains the 230 wind turbines installed at Ørsted’s offshore wind farms in northern Germany.
They need clean drinking water to surviv...
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11-21-19
Three Actions to Change the Global Energy System and Stay Below 1.5°C
Global carbon emissions must drop in half by 2030 and reach net zero in 2050 to avoid catastrophic climate change. A key solution is to replace energy from fossil fuels, which contribu...
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11-11-19
Clean and Stable, Offshore Wind Can More Than Meet the World’s Electricity Needs
The sun doesn’t shine at night and the wind doesn’t blow continuously, which makes intermittency an obstacle to adding more solar and wind energy to the grid. But the IEA’s recent Offshore Wind Outlook 2019 says that offshore win...
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10-07-19
Companies Must Act Now to Achieve a 1.5°C World
87 companies valued at around USD 2.3 trillion are now part of the UN Global Compact’s campaign on Business Ambition for 1.5°C - Our Only Future. They have committed to se...
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09-24-19
Astronauts Invite You on Space Safari to Inspire Faster Climate Action
Astronauts Mike Massimino (USA), Helen Sharman (UK), Andreas Mogensen (Denmark), and Reinhold Ewald (Germany) have joined forces with Ørsted, the world’s most sustainable energy company* to create the Space Safari project. Space Safari is a
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09-23-19
How Do We Harness the Power of Scale to Meet 2030 Climate Goals?
UN Secretary General António Guterres clearly stated the agenda of the Summit when he said: “I want to hear about how we are going to stop the increase in emissions by 2020, and dramatically reduce emis...
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08-14-19
Ørsted Switches to 100% Electric Vehicles
Over the past decade Ørsted has transformed its energy generation from fossil fuels to renewables faster than any other energy company. The company has reduced its carbon emissions from energy generation by 83% and is on track to meet i...
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07-02-19
Sustainable Finance Helps to Launch Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Adventure
A global transformation towards green energy is needed to keep temperature rise below 1.5°C and avoid uncontrollable climate effects. Sustainable finance is vital to the transformation, as it helps to fund green assets such as renewable energy that can displace planet-warming fossil fuels.
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03-21-19
"Is This My Home?"
Through the eyes of a little girl and the wonderful creatures she meets, the book “Is this my home?” shows why we must care for our common home, planet Earth. It’s an important message for children – and their parents.
An international survey of parents’ attitudes towards climate change, c...
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02-07-19
Ørsted Gets Closer to a Complete Green Transformation: 99% Renewable Energy Generation by 2025
The years 2015-2018 were the four warmest years on record for the world. To avoid runaway climate change, society must radically decarbonise the way it generates and consumes energy, and keep global temperature rise below 1.5° Celsius as compared with pre-industrial levels.
A world that ru...
