Energy consultancy Xodus Group has agreed to partner with Japanese consultancy E&E Solutions to provide advice and analysis to the country’s offshore wind industry.
The partnership will provide integrated advisory and technical services to offshore wind developers, owners, operators and lenders.
The collaboration aims to combine Xodus’ “international track record” in helping clients address industry challenges to enable offshore wind, with E&E Solutions’ “extensive experience” in providing environmental and renewable energy consulting services in Japan.
Xodus offshore renewables development head Adrian de Andres (pictured) said: “Japan is becoming one of the world’s leading countries in offshore wind development, driven by the need to accelerate the energy transition in this country and the rapid cost reduction of offshore wind technology worldwide.”
E&E Solutions has “significant” local market knowledge, including an understanding of Japanese environmental laws and the country’s leasing and consenting system.
Xodus’ integrated skills base spans techno-commercial advisory capabilities along with subsea infrastructure, pipelines and cables engineering, offshore engineering, risk management, environmental, supply chain analysis and project development planning.
Xodus also has experience in the European and Asian offshore wind, cables and interconnectors market.
De Andres added: “There are considerable opportunities within the Japanese market, especially around the ongoing and future offshore wind licencing rounds.
“As pioneers in the floating wind sector, delivering work for the Hywind Scotland project, we are confident that by bringing our practical expertise and combining it with the local experience of E&E solutions, we can share lessons learned from global developments, maximise technical solutions and efficiencies and ultimately support Japan’s carbon reduction goals.”
E&E Solutions director Tomohiko Ike added: “With a background of providing support to renewable energy projects around the world, the cooperative arrangement with Xodus Group will allow us to provide a holistic service covering engineering, environmental and commercial advice.
“By engaging with Xodus, which has expertise in floating offshore wind power generation, we will be able to support the further growth of offshore wind especially within Japanese waters, where few shallow waters are present, providing independent advice for consentable, constructible and commercially viable offshore wind projects.”