Ramboll wins five new offshore contracts in Asia and opens new office in Tokyo

The five new contracts cover site condition assessment, project development and design services for offshore wind farms located in the emerging markets of Japan, China, Taiwan and South Korea. They were awarded over a period of ten months and have a total value of DKK 60 million for Ramboll. With a cumulated capacity of over 1500MW the five offshore wind farms will significantly contribute to the countries’ transition from coal and nuclear power to low-carbon energy.

“Our wind business has been steadily growing in a range of different Asian countries within the last five years and these new contracts represent a major achievement for us as a Western company, further strengthening our position as experts in the field of offshore wind consultancy and foundation design,” says Tim Fischer, Global Director Offshore Wind in Ramboll and continues:  

“The contracts were awarded based on our strong competencies within the full offshore wind project lifecycle and over 20 years of experience in rendering multidisciplinary consultancy services internationally, including project development, owner’s engineering services, foundation and substation design, and asset management services.”

Extreme conditions require cutting-edge expertise

The environment in the Asia-Pacific region is extreme and designing reliable foundations requires cutting-edge expertise.  

“Our presence on the Asian market has helped us gain detailed knowledge about the challenging geological, metocean and seismic site characteristics. These conditions are unique to the Asian market and add to the complexity of arriving at the most cost-effective solutions,” adds Tim Fischer.

Beth Wattleworth who is the Commercial Development Director for Asia at Northland Power, a leading Canadian independent power producer operating three offshore wind farms in the North Sea and developing more in Asia adds: “Ramboll is a respected company that has made a big difference on the Asian offshore wind market. They have managed to build a good reputation and we are confident that their knowledge and experience will be extremely beneficial to the industry.”

Opens new office in Tokyo

Ramboll expects the installed offshore wind capacity in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to grow from around 2 GW today to 25 GW by 2030.

This expected rapid growth of wind energy production as well as governmental climate policies supporting the increase of renewable energy in the region has led Ramboll to open a new office in Tokyo, Japan.

“Our commitment to the Asian wind market is strong and increasing and therefore we now open an office in Tokyo to secure a more permanent footprint in the region and serve our clients better on building offshore wind farms in the region,” Tim Fischer says.

“We expect to increase fivefold our offshore wind business in Asia during the next five years to become 50 wind experts focusing on the Asian market. We are trying to learn and understand the culture and we work on localising our business in order to better serve our clients. We are also very happy to combine our hard-gained experiences from Scandinavia and Western Europe with the Asian technology and knowledge,” he says.