With global goals to cut carbon emissions and fight climate change, governments are looking towards renewable energy solutions. We´re convinced offshore wind will play a key role in the shift towards a greener future. In fact, offshore wind power is currently the fastest growing energy technology in Europe.
Our own green transformation has accelerated in recent years. We took the first step already in 1991, when we built the world’s first offshore wind farm, Vindeby, off the coast of the Danish island Lolland.
While Vindeby is today considered the cradle of the offshore wind industry, it wasn’t until a decade later that we built our next offshore wind farm, also in Denmark. And then, in 2006, we inaugurated Barrow, our first UK-based offshore wind farm.
This kicked off a journey of international growth and fruitful technology innovation which will reach a peak in 2022 when we finish our giant Hornsea Project Two 1,400MW offshore wind farm based on turbines around 20 times as powerful as the ones used for Vindeby.
The results speak for themselves:
Little less than a decade ago, we were an oil and gas company. We were one of the most coal intensive power utilities in Europe. Today, we are the energy company in Europe which has the highest share of renewables in its portfolio.
Right now, we are at very important point in history where renewables are becoming cheaper than conventional fuels. This means that these fuels will be the economic and rational choice going forward as well as being the sustainable choice.
Today, we are a global leader in offshore wind. We construct and operate offshore wind farms in Denmark, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. And we have development projects in Taiwan and the USA.
Our strategy is to continue to lead from the front, with an aim to reach a total of 11 – 12 GW offshore capacity by 2025.
| Wind Farm | Partner |
|---|---|
| Anholt Havmøllepark | PensionDenmark and PKA |
| Borkum Riffgrund 1 | William Demant, Kirkbi |
| Nysted | PensionDenmark, Stadtwerke Lübeck |
| Gunfleet Sands | Marubeni |
| Horns Rev 1 | Vattenfall |
| Lincs | Siemens, Centrica |
| London Array | E.on, Masdar, CDPQ |
| Walney | SSER, OPW |
| West of Duddon Sands | Scottish Power Renewables |
| Gode Wind 2 | PKA, Industriens Pension, Lærernes Pension og Lægernes Pensionskasse |
| Westermost Rough | Marubeni and UK Green Investment Bank |
| Race Bank | Macquarie |
