Orsted, the world’s largest offshore wind developer, is accelerating its attempt to dominate the global green energy sector, having pledged a $57 billion investment into renewables by 2027 at its Capital Markets Day last week. “Our aspiration is to become the world’s leading green energy major by 2030,” said Mads Nipper at the event, who took over from Henrik Poulsen as CEO in January. The Danish firm – which was once known as the oil company Dong Energy – sold off its oil and gas business in 2017 and has seen its valuation grow nearly 250% since then. However, with behemoth utilities and energy firms also upping the ante – especially over the past 12 months – uncertainty of its…