Offshore Wind Developers
Who are the developers?
Foreign Energy Giants
All of the developers are foreign energy giants with origins in the fossil fuel industry, including Ørsted, the former Danish Oil and Natural Gas company (DONG); Equinor, formerly StatOil, Avangrid, British Petroleum, and Shell Oil.
A Portrait of Offshore Wind Companies
Written By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, M.D., Ph.D. and Bill Thompson
Who is Ørsted?
The former Danish Oil and Natural Gas Company rebranded itself as Ørsted. Although it claims to be “green,” Ørsted earns significant profits every year from burning coal. They may have turned to wind, not to save the planet, but because their gas reserves in the North Sea have run dry. Denmark now has fewer gas reserves than Italy and has the second-lowest amount of natural gas of all other countries with a history of reserves.
Is Ørsted Green?
Ørsted profits from burning coal.
Wind Farm Developer Gets Profit Boost from Burning Coal
By Will Mathis, Bloomberg
The Danish energy giant, Ørsted, who has made an effort to re-invent itself as a green company with investments only in the renewable space, earned profits from burning coal last year.
Is Ørsted a good partner?
British residents call Ørsted's impact an "ecological disaster."
Ørsted Horsea Three Wind Farm Blamed for River Glaven Pollution
By Adam Barker, North Norfolk News
Ongoing work to build what will be the single largest wind farm in the world off the north Norfolk coast has been blamed for “destroying” one of the region’s rivers.
Visual Misrepresentations
Ørsted has two sets of visual simulations. The set they released to the public (bottom) does not show the turbines in the horizon, misleading the public about the visual impact.
Can we trust the developers?
Confidential Reports
Ørsted has hidden 25 out of 51 technical reports from the public, including the economic impact assessment. We submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to no avail.
Offshore Wind: An issue of transparency
Written By Lisa Quattrocki Knight, M.D., Ph.D. of Little Compton
Revolution Wind's Air Emissions
Ørsted has hidden the air emissions report from the public, yet they had to apply for a special permit from the EPA for pollution that exceeds normal emissions levels.
Fact Sheet for Revolution Wind Project OCS Air Permit
Can we trust them?
Oil companies hid the effects of fossil fuels on climate change for decades. Can we trust them with the ocean?
Big Oil wants to be Big Wind. Can fossil fuel companies be trusted?
By Miriam Wasser and Benjamin Storrow