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dc.contributor.advisorJohnsen, Thore
dc.contributor.authorGræe, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorMagnussøn, Johan
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-19T08:11:11Z
dc.date.available2021-04-19T08:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2738261
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines if Equinor can achieve a similar success as Ørsted did when it became the world’s first energy company to transform its energy output from fossil-based to renewables-based. This assessment is done through identifying the critical factors that enabled Ørsted’s success and discussing whether these same critical factors still carry the characteristics demonstrated throughout Ørsted’s transformation in Equinor’s impending transformation. The disclosing of the critical factors that enabled Ørsted’s success is conducted through a project-by-project analysis of the company’s offshore-wind projects relevant to its transformation. Here, we calculate the weighted average lifecycle IRR (LCIRR) of Ørsted’s entire offshore-wind portfolio to use as a foundation to seek out the drivers behind all aspects of IRR, i.e., revenue, costs, and investments, that contributed to the company’s success. Our analysis reveals that the root cause of Ørsted’s success was its first-mover advantage in offshore wind, as this permitted it to leverage the critical factors of strong governmental support to secure high and stable revenues, early-on know-how to reduce costs and an effective funding strategy to accelerate the growth of the company’s offshore-wind portfolio. By calculating the LCIRR of Equinor’s offshore-wind portfolio and analysing the characteristics of each critical success factor, we reveal that Equinor’s transformation will not achieve a similar success to Ørsted’s. A key finding is that the LCIRR of the relevant projects to Equinor’s transformation will be lower than that achieved by Ørsted. Consequently, in suggesting what Equinor may do to exploit the full potential of the company’s expansion in offshore wind, we look to the required returns. In this context, we find that Equinor currently does not benefit from the ESG investor sentiment and suggest that the company should do a spin-off to fully capitalise on its transformation from black to green.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectfinancial economicsen_US
dc.titleAn opportunity gone with the wind? : an inquiry into Equinor’s opportunity to achieve a similar success as Ørsted’s transformation from black to greenen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.description.localcodenhhmasen_US


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