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We’ve hit another major milestone for our New York projects! Thrilled to announce groundbreaking on Sunrise Wind, a 924 MW offshore wind farm which will power approx. 600,000 US homes with renewable energy. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eY4pMiSP

Offshore wind turbines are built to withstand extreme weather conditions. Our new hurricane and grid loss simulator can quantify the impacts of these events, leading to smarter design and operational decisions – and ultimately material and carbon savings. 🌀Learn more about this and other recent innovations at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys. 

🤫 Shh! We’ve got big news, but we’re keeping our voices down.   That’s because we’ve invented a novel technology for installing monopile foundations on our offshore wind projects with even lower noise.   For decades, we’ve been deploying measures to build sustainably and protect ocean life. With this new technology, we’re introducing the next generation of nature-friendly installation methods. The system uses a patented jetting technology attached to the monopile to lower the resistance of the sandy soil, further reducing noise during installation.   We’ve successfully tested this innovative method at our Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm in Germany, marking a milestone on our net-positive biodiversity journey and a potential game changer for how to build offshore wind.   Read more about the installation system and how Ørsted leads innovation in offshore wind: https://lnkd.in/dM_4NKdZ

Imagine moving from a vessel to an offshore wind turbine on the windy, wavy high seas. 🌊   It’s often the most challenging part of the job for our offshore wind technicians.   That’s why, together with Rutter Inc., we developed the Sigma S6 WaveSignal. It’s a device that predicts waves up to 2 minutes away from all directions, allowing our crews to make safer, more efficient transfers at sea.    Learn more and check out all the projects recently featured in our new innovation report at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys.

What’s better than reducing carbon emissions? How about negative emissions.    With the Ørsted Kalundborg CO2 Hub, we aim to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Having been granted a 20-year contract by the Danish Energy Agency, the project will begin to capture 430,000 tonnes of biogenic CO2 annually from our wood chip- and straw-fired combined heat and power plants at Asnæs and Avedøre from 2026. The carbon dioxide will then be shipped to Norway and stored in a reservoir in the North Sea.    The impact? Think of the annual carbon emissions from 200,000 cars. 🚗 It’s roughly like taking that pollution out of the atmosphere and burying it 2.6km deep below the seabed.    This is just one of many projects recently featured in our new innovation report. Check out the whole report at https://lnkd.in/dkfUS7ys 

As we scale up renewable energy, we must do so in a way that not only helps halt and reverse biodiversity loss, but also actively contributes to nature restoration. This means making the energy transition a true force for good for the climate and biodiversity.        So, what steps can we take to deliver long-term benefits to people and the planet, and how do we measure them? 🌡 Find out at orsted.com/measuringnature. #WorldOceanMonth #Biodiversity #RenewableEnergy 

Sunrise Wind, New York’s largest offshore wind project, has officially received approval of its Construction and Operations Plan!

First turbine at Germany's largest offshore wind farm! Once complete, Borkum Riffgrund 3 will host 83 wind turbines and have an installed capacity of 913 MW. This will go a long way in supporting German industry’s decarbonisation efforts through corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs). Together with Gode Wind 3, our other German project under construction, we’ll be adding 106 wind turbines in the German North Sea – each with a capacity of 11 MW. Great work by our colleagues, partners, and contractors! Thanks to all who’ve made this possible, including Nuveen, a TIAA company, Siemens Gamesa, and Seaway7. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dc9mq3Wn

Biodiversity and climate are fundamentally interconnected.       Climate change is a large and growing driver of biodiversity loss – and together with renewable energy, restoring biodiversity is a critical tool for reaching our climate targets.    Restoring biodiversity to our ecosystems can deliver over one third of the action we need to avoid the worst impacts of climate change by 2030.       But while there are established metrics to account for renewable energy’s carbon reductions, there’s never been an easy way to measure our actions to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.  That’s why we made one.   Check it out and give us your feedback at orsted.com/measuringnature.  #WorldOceanMonth #Biodiversity #RenewableEnergy 

Our brand-new innovation report is out! Innovation is key to scaling new and existing technologies, and reaching our vision of a world that runs entirely on green energy.  We’re excited to launch this report at the Global Offshore Wind conference in Manchester this week. From hurricane simulators to heavy-lift drones, we’re giving you a snapshot of some of our cutting-edge projects within offshore wind and other renewable energy technologies, and celebrating the progress we’ve made around innovation with our partners. Explore the full report via our interactive universe: https://lnkd.in/dCaE6ta3