We spoke with the Frans Nauta, the founder of ClimateLaunchpad, at the Global Grand Final to get the inside scoop on what early stage startup themes were really taking off, which areas he wasn’t seeing teams do as much work in, and what keeps him going.
Leading offshore wind company Ørsted has announced the results of a strategic review of its downstream business and concluded that it will move to divest its Danish power distribution and residential customer business in favor of doubling down on its green energy businesses.
Earlier this month, the 800 megawatt Bay State Wind offshore project being developed jointly by Ørsted and Eversource off the coast of Massachusetts announced a deal which will see it work with local NEC Energy Solutions to develop an energy storage solution for the offshore wind farm.
The burgeoning offshore wind industry in Taiwan has received yet another massive boost after one of the world’s leading offshore wind energy companies, MHI Vestas, announced that it has signed four Memorandums of Understanding with leading local companies to begin building out their supply chain in the region.
Swedish power company Vattenfall announced this week that it plans to match its goals of transitioning away from fossil fuels with a visual rebranding, changing its logo in an effort to demonstrate its “determination to make it possible for everyone to live fossil-free within one generation.”
Danish wind power company Ørsted has teamed up with the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford to investigate ways in which to optimize wind turbine foundations which could result in significant cost reductions for wind projects overall.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has announced this week it has been awarded the contract to supply the wind turbines for the 1,386 megawatt Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm which, upon completion, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
Ørsted, the company formerly known as DONG Energy, has reported strong financial growth in 2017 with increased profits and plans to expand into solar and energy storage, continuing the company’s transformation from traditional energy company into renewable energy behemoth.
The 573 megawatt Race Bank Offshore Wind Farm developed by Danish offshore wind energy company Ørsted has reached full power output across all its 91 wind turbines.
Danish offshore wind company Ørsted has begun construction on the 1.2 gigawatt Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm which, upon completion, will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world.
