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A $39 Billion Wind Company Bets Hydrogen Is Key to Climate Goals
Orsted in Denmark is seeking to decarbonize industry by combining offshore wind farms with green hydrogen plants.
Photographer: Raffinerie Heide
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One of the world’s biggest developers of offshore wind farms thinks its massive turbines could be key to the production of hydrogen in a greener way and ultimately, stemming climate change.
Over the past decade, offshore wind has pushed from a frontier technology to a multi-billion-dollar industry that provides green power cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels. Orsted A/S, a Danish company, anticipates that the scale and efficiency of wind farms at sea can play a crucial role to supply heavy industry with green hydrogen.