Orsted Reports Positive Start to 2019

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Orsted on Wednesday reported higher first-quarter earnings from its offshore wind farms, in a positive sign for the Danish company's focus on renewables after selling its oil and gas business in 2017.

Earnings from Orsted's core wind business rose 13 percent on the back of ramp-up in generation from the new farms Borkum Riffgrund 2 in the North Sea off the German coast and Walney Extension in the Irish Sea, the world’s largest offshore wind farm.

Bernstein analysts said the results were "a good start to the year".

Orsted's shares were up 1 percent in early trading on Wednesday. The stock is up almost 100 percent since its 2016 listing.

First-quarter earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) fell by 7 percent to 5.1 billion Danish crowns ($766.48 million), broadly in line with an Eikon Refinitiv forecast of 5.2 billion crowns.

The lower year-on-year result was due to a one-off gain from an arbitration case in the same period a year ago and cyclically lower earnings from Orsted's gas activities.

The offshore wind division accounted for almost 80 percent of core earnings in the first quarter.

Orsted plans to invest $30 billion in green energy up to 2025 as part of efforts to become one of a handful of future "renewable majors" leading a shift away from fossil fuels.

The company, which is already the world's largest offshore wind farm developer, said the green share of its heat and power generation increased to 80 percent in the first quarter up from 68 percent a year ago.

Orsted has submitted bids for offshore wind projects in France, the Netherlands, and the United States, and said it expects an outcome from these over the next three months.


(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen; Editing by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Jane Merriman)

Categories: Finance Energy Offshore Energy Renewable Energy Industry News Renewables

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