K2M supports BlueFloat Energy as owner's engineer on floating Taiwanese wind farm
07-Nov-2022 10:45:00 | Engineering, Development, Offshore wind, APAC
K2 Management has been selected by BlueFloat Energy in the development of their first offshore floating wind project in Taiwan ahead of upcoming round three market auction. With a planned capacity of 1 GW, the wind farm, named ‘Winds of September’ honouring the strong winds blowing in the Hsinchu region every September, is..
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Appointment as technical advisor on Japan's Goto floating wind farm
22-Aug-2022 11:31:57 | Due Diligence, Development, Offshore wind, APAC, Floating wind
K2 Management has been appointed as technical advisor on the Goto Floating Wind Farm (Goto) – the first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm in Japan. Set to be built off the shore of Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, the 16.8MW Goto Floating Wind Farm is being developed by a consortium led by Toda Corporation which..
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K2M appointed lender's technical advisor for flagship project by Inch Cape
08-Aug-2022 11:45:00 | Development, Offshore wind
K2 Management has been selected by Inch Cape Offshore Limited to operate as lender’s technical advisor on its wind farm located off the Angus coast in Scotland. Recently awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) under the UK Round 4 Allocation, ICOL is a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and Irish energy company ESB...
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How can the skills shortage in the UK offshore wind industry be tackled?
20-Jul-2022 12:05:36 | Company news, Development, Offshore wind
The offshore wind industry in the UK and around the world is undergoing immense growth. According to a report by Research and Market, the global market is expected to grow 12.3% between 2021 and 2026, with revenue increasing from $31.8 billion to $56.8 billion. With Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, South Korea, Japan and..
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Contracts for Difference - should it stay or should it go?
18-Jul-2022 16:20:47 | Development, Offshore wind, Procurement & supply chain
The biggest ever round of the UK government’s flagship renewables auction scheme was finalised last week with offshore wind emerging as one of the sector’s biggest winners. Fundamentally, these auctions represent another positive step in the longer-term realisation of the UK's offshore wind capacity. It will, however, be..
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'Slow down to speed up' approach needed to hit ambitious renewables targets
20-Jun-2022 12:18:57 | Onshore wind, Development, Offshore wind, Procurement & supply chain
The European wind industry needs to slow down in its attempts to further drive down the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and scale back on building bigger turbines. This, at least, is the view of K2 Management, a leading renewable energy engineering and project management consultancy, which believes that unless the inexorable..
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