The CEOs of two of the biggest names in global renewable energy headed for the door this week. <\/p>\n
First to announce his departure was Henrik Poulsen of Orsted, who will leave the offshore wind giant by February next year at the latest.<\/p>\n
The resignation of the fossil-to-wind trailblazer prompted an outpouring of tributes from normally hard-bitten financial analysts, who hailed his transformational role at the Danish group.<\/p>\n
Poulsen was non-committal over his future plans, but confirmed they don't include leading the energy transition of another oil and & gas group.<\/p>\n
The second high-profile exit was Markus Tacke at Siemens Gamesa \"by mutual agreement\". Unlike Poulsen, Tacke won't be hanging around until a successor is found the turbine OEM immediately named offshore chief Andreas Nauen as his replacement.<\/p>\n
Recharge spent the latter part of last week providing comprehensive coverage of US Offshore Wind 2020 Virtual, as official news provider to the high-profile industry event.<\/p>\n
You can read all the great news, analysis and interviews from the conference at our special virtual newsletter page here.<\/p>\n
But Recharge kicked-off the proceedings in style with two exclusive in-depth articles a long-read interview with Thomas Brostrm, the North America chief of Orsted, and a feature on the transmission challenges facing US offshore.<\/p>\n
Hydrogen is never far from the energy transition headlines, with global players descending on the emerging sector from all directions.<\/p>\n
This week it was the turn of utility giant RWE, which said it may kit-out a new LNG terminal to accept green hydrogen, and oil & gas player Repsol, which wants to use the gas in synthetic fuels.<\/p>\n
Even the nuclear sector is getting in on the act, and a report from a UK government-backed agency warned that the nation may need nuclear hydrogen to hit its stretching net-zero ambitions.<\/p>\n
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