Ørsted's transition plan includes key decarbonisation levers and identifies strategic actions that have driven the transformation of the business model towards renewable energy. The plan supports broader policy priorities, including the European Union’s 2050 climate neutrality goals. Ørsted targets reductions in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions. In 2024, they closed Esbjerg Power Station, their last coal-fired CHP plant, advancing decarbonisation efforts. They aim for a 93% reduction in scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity by 2025 and progress towards a 96% reduction by 2030. The interim scope 1-3 GHG emissions intensity target outlines a reduction trajectory of ~77% by 2030. Ørsted is also focusing on renewable energy capacity growth and the phase-out of coal, with a target to meet their 2025 target of a 99% share of energy generation coming from renewables.

Use of sold products (category 11) emissions from end-use of gas. Capital goods (category 2) wind farms, offshore. The model is based on the ISO 14040/44 life cycle assessment standard and applied in the openLCA software. The modeling is conducted using the Environmental Footprint 3.0 LCIA (life cycle impact assessment) method, and the impacts of each activity/material come from the ecoinvent environmental database, version 3.8.