The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 urges countries to ensure access to affordable and clean energy for all by 2030. At the same time, global energy demand is estimated to grow by more than one-third by 2035. The urgent global need to reduce carbon emissions and slow down the rate of climate change has accelerated the push for renewable energy sources, be it offshore wind, hydropower or tidal energy.
Over the course of 2022, the increasing demand for energy combined with the global geopolitical situation continued to put pressure on the renewable energy sector to increase both capacity and efficiency without compromising on safety and protection of vulnerable species and ecosystems. DHI’s solutions for the energy sector combine knowledge of natural processes with models and data, and they are based on advanced technologies related to field monitoring, remote sensing, model testing, laboratory analyses, numerical modelling and customised software development.
Our solutions include:
Offshore wind – identification of new offshore wind farm opportunities and evaluation of potential environmental impacts with high-quality data, modelling tools and detailed analyses, enabling clients to ease approval processes, prevent operational hiccups and reduce investment risks. Using our expertise within engineering, metocean services, water environments and ports infrastructure to support the expansion, installation and continuation of offshore wind services. In particular, DHI has a strong focus on bird monitoring and digital portals for metocean conditions in wind farms. DHI has contributed to more than 80% of all commissioned offshore wind farms worldwide (excluding China)
Port management – new ports and terminals are built and existing facilities are expanded to accommodate more and larger vessels. DHI’s port-specific solutions are recognised by PIANC, IMO, UN and IALA and they leverage smart technology to support clients in achieving safer and more efficient port operations and reducing a port’s environmental impact
Carbon capture and storage/Power-to-X – providing environmental assessments for offshore carbon storage sites and a broad range of analyses to support Power-to-X facilities. This is done by connecting DHI services to optimise capacity, reduce risks and assess the possible impact on marine ecosystems