Safety

Blauwwind is responsible for the design, construction and operation of the Borssele III & IV offshore wind farm. We are committed to guaranteeing high health and safety standards for all employees while complying with environmental protection criteria.

“During the operations phase, safety, security and interactions with our environment is paramount. Work is conducted in the windfarm all year round, hence its fundamental that we maintain high focus and unwavering attention when it comes to safe operations. We strive for continuous improvement, proactive engagement and foster a positive safety culture within the full organisation. We employ the motto “No Harm on Our Windfarm”, which we truly stand behind. Each and every individual should feel safe and secure in their place of work”.

Luke Machen, Operations Director

Goal Zero
Blauwwind considers health, safety and environmental protection as crucial business activities and the consortium is therefore committed to Goal Zero.

This means:

  • No harm to people
  • No harm to the environment
  • No permit non-compliances

Code of conduct
Blauwwind has a code of conduct to help achieve these objectives, which applies to all contractors who work on the project. The code ensures extra attention is paid to safety, making it an important aspect of everyday work.

Safe Systems of Work
Eneco Wind Offshore Operations are the provider of asset management services to Blauwwind and run the site management and day to day operations of the project. The windfarm employs their life saving rules, which are adopted by all during the project induction.

FaunaGuard
Van Oord’s FaunaGuard was used to proactively repel marine life during construction. The FaunaGuard, an innovative device that uses specific underwater acoustics, temporarily deters marine life from entering an area to minimise the impact of construction activities. The Royal Netherlands Navy also uses this device when removing UXOs.

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Noise Mitigation System
To reduce underwater noise during installation, Van Oord’s offshore vessel Aeolus was equipped with the AdBm Noise Mitigation System (NMS). The NMS was deployed like a set of venetian blinds around the monopile when the structure is being lowered towards the seabed. The system reduces specific frequencies by using specialised acoustic resonators. Read more about the NMS

Environmental protection
Blauwwind recognises the importance of the North Sea and is committed to protecting and supporting the marine environment. We are participating in a pilot to place flat oysters on some of the monopiles of the wind turbines. Blauwwind is open to exploring other initiatives through discussions with stakeholders. Blauwwind also participates in the co-use initiative for the Borssele cluster in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat, please see their website for more details.

Partners Group

Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with EUR 73 billion (USD 83 billion) in investment programmes under management in private equity, private real estate, private infrastructure and private debt. The firm manages a broad range of customised portfolios for an international clientele of institutional investors. Partners Group is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland, and has offices around the world. The firm employs over 1,200 people and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (symbol: PGHN) with a majority ownership by its partners and employees.

Shell

Royal Dutch Shell is an integrated energy company that aims to meet the world’s growing demand for energy in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. Shell has major ambitions to grow its renewable power business: it already produces and markets electricity from its existing renewable assets and is developing new wind and solar projects around the globe. Shell first entered the wind business in 2001. Today, its installed wind capacity is 508 MW: five onshore wind farms in the USA (400 MW) and the offshore wind farm Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands (108 MW) for which Shell has 100% of the offtake.

Eneco

Eneco is a company with international operations in the area of sustainable energy and innovation. Together with its customers, partners and employees, Eneco is working to realise its mission: sustainable energy for all. It invests in wind farms, biomass power plants, heating and solar parks to increase the supply of renewable energy. Furthermore, Eneco develops innovative products and services that allow its clients to take control of how they generate, store, use or share energy.

INPEX

With the goal of becoming an integrated energy company that contributes to a stable energy supply to broader communities, INPEX through its European subsidiary INPEX Renewable Energy Europe Ltd (IREE) based in London, is engaged in efforts to commercialize renewable energies and reinforce Research and Development (R&D) activities for the next generation. INPEX and IREE, following its acquisition of Blauwwind, will continue to explore the business potential of various types of renewable energy such as geothermal, which has synergies with conventional oil and gas development, as well as offshore wind power and CO2 Methanation.

Luxcara

Luxcara is an independent asset manager offering institutional investors investment opportunities in the international renewable energy market. The owner-managed company was founded in 2009. Luxcara acquires, structures, finances, and operates renewable energy and related infrastructure projects as a long-term buy-and-hold investor. The company specializes in structuring free-market power purchase agreements. Luxcara's portfolio includes solar and wind power plants across Europe with a total capacity of around 4 gigawatts and an investment volume of approximately 4 billion euros. With this outstanding track record, Luxcara is one of Europe’s most experienced asset managers for renewable energy investments.

Swiss Life Asset Managers

Swiss Life Asset Managers heeft meer dan 165 jaar ervaring in het beheer van de activa van de Swiss Life Group. Deze verzekeringsachtergrond heeft een belangrijke invloed uitgeoefend op de beleggingsfilosofie van Swiss Life Asset Managers, die wordt beheerst door principes als waardebehoud, het genereren van consistente en duurzame prestaties en een verantwoorde benadering van risico's. Swiss Life Asset Managers biedt deze bewezen aanpak aan externe klanten in Zwitserland, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Luxemburg, het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de Scandinavische landen. Het Infrastructure Equity-platform van Swiss Life Asset Managers beheert voor haar klanten en partners actief investeringen in niet-beursgenoteerde infrastructuuractiva en bedrijven in alle belangrijke subsectoren van de infrastructuur, waaronder een wereldwijd gediversifieerde hernieuwbare energieportefeuille van meer dan 5,7 GW.