The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ørsted: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $4.0B raised. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Ørsted is a Danish renewable energy company and the world's largest offshore wind developer, deploying autonomous drones and robotic Inspection systems for offshore wind farm operations. Founded in 2006 as DONG Energy through a merger of Danish state-owned energy companies, it was renamed Ørsted in 2017 after divesting its oil and gas business.
The company launched the world's first heavy-lift cargo drone operations at its Borssele 1&2 Offshore Wind Farm in the Netherlands in August 2024, using 70 kg drones with 2.6m wingspans to transport cargo to 94 wind turbines, completing tasks 10-15x faster than conventional methods. Ørsted is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and reported DKK 79.3 billion (EUR 10.6 billion) revenue in 2023.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundIPO post-money
Key facts
Focus
Scale
History
Stage
CEO
Chairman
Revenue
IPO
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Ørsted has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1FlyingBasket1× joint2 total
- 2Skylift1× joint
Most recent
- Ørsted x FlyingBasket2024-08-01with FlyingBasketoperating
Ørsted on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Aug 2024. Explore where Ørsted's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Ørsted deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Rasmus Errboe Group President and CEOreported, not verified
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ørsted.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Ørsted in third-party press
Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe Takes Over as WindEurope Chair for 18-Month Term Focused on Investment, Electrification and European Wind Deployment
Ørsted Gets Favorable Tax Opinion on Two UK Offshore Wind Farms
Ørsted Expands German Offshore Wind Capacity With Borkum Riffgrund 3 Commissioning
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every Ørsted competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $4.0B
- Employees
- 8,300
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 operating
Every company Ørsted has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Ørsted x FlyingBasket2024-08-01with FlyingBasketoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1FlyingBasket1× joint2 total
- 2Skylift1× joint
Funding rounds (1)
- IPO2016-06-09
$4.0B(reported) · $40.0B post
Investors: Danish Government (50.1%) (lead), Goldman Sachs, Danish Government, Capital Group Companies
Timeline
Every recorded move in Ørsted’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
PartnershipØrsted x FlyingBasket
2024-08-01Ørsted, the world's largest offshore wind developer, uses FlyingBasket FB3 cargo drones operated by Skylift to deliver critical equipment to offshore wind turbines. In Aug-Sep 2025, the programme achieved 600+ flights delivering 38.1 tonnes to 400+ turbines at Hornsea 1&2 and Walney 1&2, the UK's largest offshore drone delivery programme to date.
Funding roundIPO funding round
2016-06-09IPO raising $4000000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
Ørsted logo
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
- Autonomous vessels - Ørsted offshore wind innovation · https://orsted.com/en/offshore-wind/innovation/autonomous-vessels · 2023-06-01
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
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Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ørsted.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ørsted from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe Takes Over as WindEurope Chair for 18-Month Term Focused on Investment, Electrification and European Wind Deployment
(IN BRIEF) Rasmus Errboe, Group President and CEO of Ørsted, has begun an 18-month term as Chair of WindEurope, where he will work with CEO Tinne Van der Straeten and Vice-Chair…
Ørsted Gets Favorable Tax Opinion on Two UK Offshore Wind Farms
Ørsted Expands German Offshore Wind Capacity With Borkum Riffgrund 3 Commissioning
(IN BRIEF) Ørsted and Nuveen Infrastructure have brought the 913 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm into commercial operation, making it one of Germany’s largest operational…
Scandinavian Countries Explore a Single Large Stock Exchange to Support Tech IPOs
Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland could merge their national stock exchanges into a single regional marketplace. The idea is being examined by Nordic Compass, an industry…
Schweden, Dänemark, Norwegen und Finnland prüfen gemeinsame große Börse
Schweden, Dänemark, Norwegen und Finnland könnten ihre nationalen Börsen zu einem einzigen regionalen Marktplatz zusammenlegen. Geprüft wird das von Nordic Compass, einer…
A 500 MWh Tesla Megapack battery just went live in Texas
Tesla Megapacks are now helping support the Texas grid at Ørsted’s new 250 MW/500 MWh Old 300 battery storage project.
Tesla Megapacks power Ørsted’s big new Texas grid battery
Tesla Megapacks are now helping support the Texas grid at Ørsted’s new 250 MW/500 MWh Old 300 battery storage project.
How Ørsted uses drones to save time and money in offshore wind
Ørsted is using autonomous cargo drones to improve offshore wind turbine maintenance, cutting costs, and reducing emissions.
Giant drones deployed at offshore wind farms
Ørsted deploys heavy-lift drones at offshore wind farms, improving operational safety and efficiency while reducing costs.
Ørsted launches world's first heavy-lift cargo drone operations at Borssele 1&2 Offshore Wind Farm
Ørsted deploys heavy-lift cargo drones at Borssele 1&2 offshore wind farm in the Netherlands, transporting cargo to 94 wind turbines 10-15x faster than conventional methods.
DONG Energy announces the result of its Initial Public Offering
DONG Energy (now Ørsted) IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen valued the company at EUR 13.2 billion, the largest European IPO of 2016.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/orsted.md
- RSS feed: /companies/orsted/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/ea23b5a2-71d8-45d7-b4df-e41c88a37580
- Revision history: /companies/orsted/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
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Read more about this project: https://rigi.tech/rigitech-tests-drone-delivery-service-to-offshore-substation-at-orsteds-anholt-offshore-wind-farm-with-eiger-dro
The selection of Ørsted’s Skipjack 2 will position Maryland as a long-term offshore wind manufacturing hub. Partnering with local businesses, Ørsted will bring
In June 1995 a short computer animated presentation (approx 5 minutes) of the Danish Ørsted satellite was produced as a part of a course in advanced computer an
Imagine a career powered by a global green energy leader. You’ll be part of a fast-growing energy company and work with world-leading experts on challenging ass
Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted announced it has developed an uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for offshore met-ocean measurement campaigns.
3-4 of June 2016 @ OpenLab Expo - Vrijplaats, Leiden (The Netherlands)
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Ørsted draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the 7th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +86, 4th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 23, 2026