By Dominic Chopping
Orsted late Wednesday confirmed its target of around 50 gigawatts of installed renewable capacity by 2030 and said it expects to invest around 475 billion Danish kroner ($68.22 billion) between 2023 and 2030.
In a statement ahead of an investor day, the Danish renewable-energy company said it is targeting group-wide earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation excluding new partnerships of DKK50 billion-DKK55 billion in 2030, corresponding to a targeted annual average increase of 13%-14%.
Orsted targets an average return on capital employed in the period 2023-2030 of around 14% and confirmed its dividend policy of an annual high single-digit percentage increase in dividends until 2025, extending the dividend policy to 2030 with an annual mid-level single-digit percentage increase in dividends paid from 2026 to 2030.
The company added that it is on track to outperform previous financial targets of an average return on capital employed of 11%-12% between 2020 and 2027, now expecting around 15%, while annual Ebitda growth from offshore and onshore assets in operation of around 12% between 2020 and 2027 is now seen at 15%.
The previously expected gross investment of around DKK350 billion between 2020 and 2027 is trending higher at DKK380 billion, it added.
In a separate announcement, Orsted said it has launched a commercial sustainability partnership with Vestas Wind Systems that will see Orsted procure low-carbon steel wind turbine towers and blades made from recycled materials from Vestas in all joint offshore wind projects.
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