Organisation

BLAUWWIND CONSORTIUM

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 Wind Offshore Operations
EWOO provides the asset management services to the windfarm and are responsible for the safe and effective operations of the windfarm. The team is responsible for HSSE, site management, remote monitoring and technical asset integrity.

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 has more than 165 years of experience in managing the assets of the Swiss Life Group. This insurance background has exerted a key influence on the investment philosophy of Swiss Life Asset Managers, which is governed by such principles as value preservation, the generation of consistent and sustainable performance and a responsible approach to risks. Swiss Life Asset Managers offers this proven approach to third-party clients in Switzerland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK and the Nordic countries. The Swiss Life Asset Managers Infrastructure Equity platform actively manages investments in unlisted infrastructure assets and companies across all major infrastructure sub-sectors for its clients and partners, including a globally diversified renewable energy portfolio of more than 5.7 GW.

BLAUWWIND MAIN CONTRACTORS

Vestas Offshore Wind
Vestas is the supplier of 77 wind turbines and is responsible for the design, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of the V164-9.5 MW turbines. This includes the nacelles, hubs, blades, towers, davit cranes, navigational aids and the SCADA system to operate the wind farm.

Van Oord
Van Oord has executed the balance of plant-works for the project, comprising the design, engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the 77 monopiles and the inter-array cables (incl. layout). It was also responsible for the installation of turbines and scour protection. For this project, Van Oord deployed numerous vessels, including its offshore installation vessel Aeolus and the cable-laying vessel Nexus.

Eneco
Eneco provides asset management services to the windfarm, and are responsible for site management, safe systems of work and technical asset integrity. Eneco is an experienced Dutch operator with a large breadth of technical and operational expertise. Their focus is on the day to day safe and reliable management of the windfarm, including 24/7 remote monitoring of the windfarm from the operational control centre in Rotterdam.