Bringing Local Investment To Your Community

A good neighbor and long-term partner

When Ørsted builds land-based wind, solar farms, and battery storage facilities, we make a long-term commitment to the communities that stand nearby. We invest locally, building partnerships and contributing to schools, charities, libraries, and emergency services throughout the lifetime of our projects. We aim to be good neighbors, working closely with landowners, listening to community members, and preserving the environment around our projects and your home.

Funding for high school students

In connection with our Muscle Shoals solar farm, Ørsted donated $15,000 to Cherokee High School. Another $20,000 was also donated to the Christmas Blessings project, which helps underserved children attend Cherokee High School.

Improving public roads for residents

Ørsted has donated $3 million to Marion County, Kansas for public road upgrades. These permanent improvements will cover the area surrounding our Sunflower Wind project.

Building weather-resistant bus stops

Not far from our Helena Wind Energy Center sits Bee County, where ~50% of students are bused into school from other towns. To keep students comfortable en route, Ørsted donated $30,300 to Bee County to build a sheltered bus stop.

Supporting people, preserving nature

$2 million for prairie conservation

Ørsted has committed over $2 million to conserving native prairies near our Sunflower Wind project in Kansas.

Improving school infrastructure

Ørsted has donated over $80,000 to Marion County, funding new recreation facilities and school improvements.

Giving to local fire departments

We’ve donated over $50,000 to support the Brookston and Roxton Volunteer Fire Departments near our Mockingbird Solar Center.

Sponsoring school supply giveaways

Ørsted sponsored a backpack and school supplies giveaway at the Tahoka County Library as part of our Tahoka Wind project.

Conserving biodiversity for local communities

Every community deserves to be surrounded by clean air, well-managed land, and healthy natural ecosystems. Ørsted’s unique biodiversity projects are playing a key role in preserving and even enhancing ecosystems, including blackland prairies, coastal prairies, wetlands, and more.

Read about our biodiversity initiatives

Boosting local business and educational programs

Offshore wind may be a nascent industry, but the U.S. is already learning how much it can contribute to local schools, businesses, and communities. All along the East Coast, Ørsted is partnering with local communities to boost minority-owned, woman-owned, and small businesses, bringing them into the offshore wind supply chain. We’re funding afterschool programs, museums, aquariums, and more, giving the next generation a good education in STEM subjects, clean energy, and offshore wind.

Building turbines with RI students

Ørsted actively supports WindWinRI, a four-year certification program in offshore wind aimed at Rhode Island students. Every year, local high schoolers take STEM courses, join a statewide wind turbine competition, and tour Ørsted’s Block Island Wind Farm.

Backing minority-owned business in MD

In Maryland, Ørsted has helped establish the state’s first offshore wind steel fabrication center, Crystal Steel Fabricators. We awarded nearly $70 million in supply agreements to this minority-owned business, creating nearly 50 new jobs in the state.

Educational programming for CT children

Through our joint venture with Eversource, Revolution Wind, Ørsted has awarded a $950,000 grant to Project Oceanology. This Connecticut program delivers climate and sustainability-focused education to students grades K-12, reaching students in underserved and economically disadvantaged communities.

Working closely with local institutions

Supporting family businesses in RI

Blount Boats is a longstanding pillar of the Rhode Island community, a family- and woman-owned shipbuilding business with a great history. We’re proud to be working with Blount Boats on new vessels that will support the offshore wind industry.

Funding hands-on museum exhibits

A $100,000 grant from Ørsted will be used to create several new exhibits at the Niantic Children’s Museum in Connecticut. These STEM-focused exhibits will help introduce children to climate science and help inspire and engage the next generation.

Partnering with aquariums in CT

We are partnering with Mystic Aquarium to help conduct a comprehensive study on coexistence between offshore wind and marine mammals. Funds for the study will come from a $1.25 million grant from Ørsted and its joint venture partner, Eversource.

Boosting innovative scientific research

Ørsted is partnering with Inspire Environmental, which provides marine and coastal assessments to ocean-based industries. This collaboration has produced a peer-reviewed offshore wind study, and is helping Inspire Environmental train young scientists in cutting-edge areas, such as eco-friendly decommissioning.

Our partners

Inspire Environmental

Mystic Aquarium

The Niantic Children's Museum

Project Oceanology

WindWinRI

The Christmas Blessings Project

Marion County School District

The Bee County Commissioner’s Office

Brookston Volunteer Fire Department

Roxton Volunteer Fire Department

Tahoka Country Library

KidWind

Delaware Center for Horticulture

Maryland Coastal Bays Program

Local Community Partnerships

Investing in your community, for today and tomorrow.