DONG Energy to change its name to Ørsted

​Following DONG Energy's profound strategic transformation from black to green energy and the recent divestment of the upstream oil and gas production, the company has decided to change its name to Ørsted.

Consequently, DONG Energy have called an Extraordinary General Meeting on 30 October 2017 to ask its shareholders to approve a change of our company name to Ørsted.

Thomas Thune Andersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors, says:

“DONG was originally short for Danish Oil and Natural Gas. With our profound strategic transformation and the divestment of our upstream oil and gas business, this is no longer who we are. Therefore, now is the right time to change our name.”

Thomas Thune Andersen continues:

“Our vision is a world that runs entirely on green energy. Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing the world today, and to avoid causing serious harm to the global ecosystems, we need to fundamentally change the way we power the world by switching from black to green energy,” Thomas Thune Andersen concludes.

Henrik Poulsen, our CEO, says:

“2017 will be remembered as the year when offshore wind became cheaper than black energy, as demonstrated by the recent tenders for offshore wind in Germany and the UK. It has never been more clear that it is possible to create a world that runs entirely on green energy. The time is now right for us to change our name to demonstrate that we want to help create such a world.”