Floating wind specialist Luis González-Pinto has been appointed as Offshore Wind Consultants’ Taiwan country manager.
González-Pinto joins OWC, an AqualisBraemar LOC company, from floating technology provider Saitec Offshore Technologies (SOT) where he held the chief operations officer role based out of Bilbao, Spain, and Boston, USA.
González-Pinto was responsible for the strategic planning, operations and business development for the Sath floating wind foundation concept and also delivered project management and engineering on the concept during its development and early-stage projects in Europe, the US and Asia.
“Luis is highly respected in the floating wind sector and brings great operational management experience from growing SOT, as well as market and technical expertise in floating wind, and Asian offshore wind market knowledge,” said Tom Whittle, OWC’s director of the Asia Pacific region
“We are delighted that Luis is joining to lead our Taiwan operation. He also adds extensive experience to our already leading global floating wind team that is working on the likes of UK’s Erebus project.”
González-Pinto said: “Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy and Industrial Development Bureau have recently announced that it aims to add 1.5 GW of offshore wind capacity each year from 2026 until 2035.
“I am pleased to join OWC at such an exciting time, my main task is to continue building up the OWC’s expert team in Taiwan to enable us to provide a full suite of services for both bottom-fixed and floating wind projects, whilst supporting OWC’s impressive push into floating wind globally.”