Mads Nipper, chief government officer of Orsted A/S, throughout a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, prime executives and celebrities runs from January 16 to twenty. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images
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The Danish wind energy developer Orsted is canceling two off-shore wind tasks that have been deliberate off the coast of New Jersey and is taking a $4 billion impairment for the primary 9 months of the yr, the corporate introduced this week.
The firm has additionally put aside an extra provision of as much as $1.55 billion for “potential contract cancellation fees not already covered by the impairments,” that means the full write-off may prime $5.55 billion.
Orsted CEO Mads Nipper mentioned “significant adverse developments from supply chain challenges, leading to delays in the project schedule, and rising interest rates,” have been accountable for the undertaking cancelations, in response to a press release from the corporate revealed Tuesday.
Of the $4 billion writedown, $2.8 billion was related to the Ocean Wind 1 undertaking, Orsted mentioned.
The Ocean Wind 1 undertaking would have been New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm and would have generated sufficient electrical energy to energy half one million properties, in response to an internet site concerning the undertaking. It was going to incorporate 98 generators positioned 15 miles off the coast of southern New Jersey. Construction was attributable to begin this fall and the undertaking was attributable to be operational in 2025.
The equally sized Ocean Wind 2 undertaking was additionally going to be positioned off the southern New Jersey shore and was attributable to begin in 2028, in response to an internet site concerning the undertaking.
Burbo Bank, Liverpool Bay, England UK, Viewed from the ocean generators on Burbo wind farm off the UK coast. (Photo by: Peter Titmuss/UCG/Universal Images Group by way of Getty Images)
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“We are extremely disappointed to announce that we are ceasing the development of Ocean Wind 1 and 2,” Nipper mentioned in a written assertion revealed alongside the announcement.
“We firmly believe the U.S. needs offshore wind to achieve its carbon emissions reduction ambition, and we remain committed to the US renewables market and truly value the efforts by the US government to support the build-up of the US offshore wind industry” Nipper mentioned.
To wit, Nipper mentioned the Revolution Wind undertaking is shifting into the development part.
The Revolution Wind undertaking is a joint undertaking between Revolution Wind and Eversource and might be positioned greater than 32 miles southeast of the Connecticut coast, in response to Orsted’s web site. Orsted additionally has tasks ongoing in Maryland, New York and Rhode Island.
Orsted had beforehand indicated to buyers that it was going to face monetary impairments. On August 29, Orsted introduced it was anticipating a write down of as much as $2.3 billion in its U.S. portfolio, however issues obtained worse, not higher. “Since the announcement, the US offshore wind projects have experienced further negative developments,” Orsted mentioned.
Orsted is headquartered in Denmark, employs 8,700 folks and had income of $18.7 billion in 2022.
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