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Danish multinational power company Ørsted has announced the installation of 1,500 offshore wind turbines at its global projects, with the installation of the 25th turbines at its Dutch Borssele 1 & 2’s 8MW wind farm.

Three-year deal worth up to £50 million ($ with Ørsted sees Good Energy secure enough offshore wind power for 36,000 homes from a 210MW wind farm in the North Sea.

Twelve leading European energy companies sent a joint letter to Green Deal executive vice-president Frans Timmermans in advance of the commission's official announcement of the much-anticipated European Climate Law calling for ambitious legislation that recognizes the benefits of an energy system based on renewables.

Profits at Danish wind giant Ørsted rose last year as growth ramped up, wth new wind farms both on land as well as at sea.

Orsted has been ranked as the most sustainable company in the world in the Corporate Knights' 2020 index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world.

Ørsted and polymer materials manufacturer Covestro have signed what they say is the world’s largest power purchase agreement (PPA) for offshore wind.

Wind energy companies Orsted and Eversource, have signed a turbine supply contract with Siemens Gamesa to power 1700MW of US offshore wind farms.

Orsted has contracted Samkang M&T and Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries as suppliers to the Taiwanese 900MW Changhua 1&2a offshore wind farm.

Orsted has officially inaugurated its 450MW Borkum Riffgrund 2 offshore wind farm in Germany’s North Sea, 56 kilometers from Lower Saxony.

The chief executives of eight of the UK’s biggest energy companies are calling for further efforts to increase the number of women in the senior echelons of the industry.