Oliveira, Vitorino MelloTraça, DanielPortas, PauloCavaleiro, Catarina Alexandra Cerqueira2022-10-142022-10-142022-01-122021-12-17http://hdl.handle.net/10362/144723When the renewable energy market started to grow at the beginning of this century, EDPR faced the need to expand its portfolio. Like many other business decisions, entering a new market is not easy. The following paper analyzes the strategic decision of EDPR when deciding either to pursue a partnership or to go alone in the brand-new offshore wind energy sector. It examines the considered factors for the partnership decision to understand how the partnership was established and its potential in the fast-growing offshore wind energy sector.engRisk managementSustainabilityTechnologyRenewable energyPartnershipsOffshore windEnergy sectorInternational regulationsEDP managing a new electricity era: the birth of ocean winds and strategic partnerships as a tool towards sustainabilitymaster thesis203062752