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Ørsted to open Rhode Island offshore wind innovation hub

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 16/01/2020 Ørsted
Ørsted has announced the formation of its United States Innovation Hub in Providence, Rhode Island. The Innovation Hub will be located in the CIC Providence workspace and will officially open in the early spring. The purpose of this team will be to identify, foster, and, where appropriate, finance enterprises related to offshore wind, with a focus on next-generation technology and related innovation in the offshore wind energy field.

The Innovation Hub will serve as the physical location for this team as they investigate U.S.-based companies interested in deploying next generation technologies to advance offshore wind deployment.  Ørsted stated that as a key part of this process the innovation hub team will leverage Rhode Island’s existing innovation ecosystem.

“Innovation has been the key to the success of the offshore wind industry in Europe, so committing time and resources to foster new technology growth here in the U.S. was an obvious step for Ørsted,”
said Thomas Brostrøm, President for Ørsted North America and CEO for Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind. “Locating this operation in Providence was an equally obvious move for us. The state has shown time and time again that it is home to one of the best innovation economies in the country and we look forward to becoming a part of that community.”


Ørsted and the CIC-based cadre will frequently host meetings and larger gatherings of entrepreneurs in the offshore wind energy field. As a result, this will be a dynamic team that draws upon new local talent as well as worldwide expertise in order to conduct its work and catalyze progress in this field.


“We believe that there is great value to be gained by working with the booming blue tech ecosystem,”
said Jens Patrik Edvardsen, Head of Innovation at Ørsted Offshore. “As small nimble players can provide significant benefit and new solutions to Ørsted, so can Ørsted provide a fantastic platform for maturation and growth to companies with unique and relevant solutions. We look forward to increasing our collaboration with the innovation ecosystem.”


The Innovation Hub team will be Ørsted’s first point of contact for any U.S. technology companies interested in contracting with Ørsted Offshore.  On a bi-monthly basis the Innovation Hub will host open door days, welcoming companies and start-ups to present their technologies and test solutions. On top of this, the team will host quarterly pitch days where a pre-qualified set of startups will pitch their possible solutions to Ørsted.


Ørsted is one of the world's biggest operators of offshore wind farms and aims to have installed a total offshore wind capacity of 15 GW worldwide by 2025.
In the U.S., Ørsted has been awarded the rights to build offshore wind farms to serve the markets of Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, and Connecticut. These wind farms will have a total capacity of approximately 2.9 GW, and will be commissioned by 2024.

For more information on offshore wind farms worldwide, click here.

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