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Danish Offshore Wind Farm Hits 10,000,000,000 kWh Milestone

Feb 05, 2021

Production from the Horns Rev 2 offshore wind farm in Denmark topped the enormous figure of 10 billion kWh, on Thursday, February 4, offshore wind firm Ørsted has informed.'Since HRH The Crown Prince inaugurated Ørsted's offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2 in 2009, the 91 wind turbines at the 35 km2-sized wind farm have generated enough wind power to cover 3 % of the total Danish power consumption,' Ørsted said…

Offshore Wind Firm Ørsted Can Keep Its Name, Court Rules

Nov 30, 2020

The Danish Supreme Court on Monday ruled that offshore wind developer Ørsted can keep using its name, following a lawsuit brought after the company changed its name from DONG Energy to Ørsted back in 2017.The name change took place after DONG…

Shareholders vote yes on DONG name change

Oct 30, 2017

DONG Energy A/S shareholders approved at an extraordinary general meeting today (30 October) the company changing its name to Ørsted A/S. The company is changing its name to match its strategic transformation from black to green energy following its divestment of its oil and gas production…

DONG Energy to become Ørsted

Oct 02, 2017

DONG Energy (Danish Oil and Natural Gas) has proposed to change its company name to Ørsted, following its strategic transformation from black to green energy and the recent divestment of the upstream oil and gas production. Turbine…

Updated: DONG, Ineos complete divestment deal

Sep 28, 2017

DONG Energy completed the divestment of its upstream oil and gas business, DONG E&P to Ineos, creating Ineos DeNoS. Image from Ineos. Ineos DeNoS will form part of Ineos Oil & Gas…

DONG's Hornsea Two cost cut in half

Sep 12, 2017

DONG Energy will build its Hornsea Project Two wind farm at the lowest-ever price for offshore wind in the UK, cutting its original price by half, in what the company is calling a 'breakthough moment.' Map of Hornsea 2…

Jan De Nul completes Race Bank installation

Sep 06, 2017

Jan De Nul Group has completed the installation and burial of the export cables for DONG Energy’s Race Bank Wind Farm in the UK.  Image from DONG. Jan De Nul successfully installed…

DONG divests 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2

Aug 07, 2017

DONG Energy has agreed to sell 50% of Borkum Riffgrund 2, a 450 MW German offshore wind farm project, to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a deal worth nearly US$1.4 billion. Borkum Riffgrund 2 jacket sailaway…

GeoSea to acquire A2SEA

Jul 07, 2017

Belgian firm GeoSea is to acquire offshore wind installation and service firm A2SEA from Denmark's DONG Energy and Germany's Siemens. A2SEA, which has been owned by DONG and Siemens since 2009, will continue to operate out of Denmark…

Helix inks Hornsea One trenching

Jun 21, 2017

Helix Energy Solutions subsidiary Canyon Offshore has been awarded a contract by Siem Offshore Contractors for the provision of trenching services on DONG Energy’s Hornsea Offshore Wind Farm Project One.  Canyon Offshore’s award will…

Ineos acquires DONG's E&P business

May 24, 2017

DONG Energy has today agreed to sell its E&P business, including a stake in the Rosebank field, west of Shetland, to petro-chemical business Ineos for US$1.05 million, plus $250 million in contingent payments. Ineos, which recently acquired the Forties pipeline system from BP…

Settlement reached on Hejre

May 04, 2017

According to a 29 March 2016 announcement, DONG Energy and Bayerngas terminated the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the Hejre platform with the supplier consortium. Subsequently, disputes around the termination of contract arose…

Boskalis contracts SPT for wind farm foundations

Apr 20, 2017

Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has picked SPT Offshore for the detailed design and installation of 33 suction pile foundations for the foundations of 11 suction bucket jackets for the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. The European Offshore…

DONG wins trio of German offshore wind deals

Apr 13, 2017

In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur (Germany’s Federal Network Agency) awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. DONG Energy submitted six projects in the…

Cathie opens US office, targets offshore wind

Jan 30, 2017

Offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie Associates, has formed a US entity: Cathie Associates Inc in Boston, Massachusetts. The move is part of the company’s plans for international expansion and will enable them to serve offshore wind development in the US…

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