What we do

COMPANY

At Skyborn, we focus on accelerating the energy transition with offshore wind solutions. We do this through partnerships: with other developers, with suppliers and with customers.

Your partner throughout the project life cycle

As your dedicated offshore wind partner, our capabilities cover the entire offshore wind value chain, including greenfield development, engineering and design, procurement, financing, corporate power purchase agreements and construction, as well as operations and asset management. From a development standpoint, we have a long history as a greenfield developer. We have experience developing and preparing leases of land and seabed, and designing offshore wind power plants in accordance with national and international standards. We secure permits, arrange financing, procure equipment and secure projects which are then built and operated according to industry standards and with an excellent health and safety performance. We provide renewable energy to governments, utilities, businesses and communities. As a pure offshore wind power partner, we are in a unique position to provide end-to-end solutions to the market.

CAPABILITIES

Project development

We have been pioneering the development of offshore wind projects since 2000 with our entry into our home market Germany.

Subsequent international activities focused on other European markets such as France, Sweden and Finland, as well as the Asia-Pacific region.

In total, our team is working on a pipeline of more than 30 GW in various stages of development in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

CAPABILITIES

Partnerships

With our collaborative partnerships we can accelerate the future of offshore wind energy by combining capabilities with like-minded partners.

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Procurement

With our long-standing partners we are able to meet the challenging, multifaceted procurement needs along the value chain required by the ever-evolving global offshore markets.

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Construction management

Building an offshore wind farm is a complex undertaking that takes years to complete. With a track record stretching back more than two decades, we have the expertise required to ensure success.

Skyborn served as the construction manager for Butendiek (288 MW) and Nordergünde (111 MW) and is currently serving as the construction manager for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan (640 MW).

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Operations and maintenance

At Skyborn, we not only develop and construct offshore wind farms, we operate them. We bring the view of a long-term owner/operator into the design, contract strategy and layout of the offshore wind farm, as well as logistics planning and port infrastructure.

Our overall goal is to keep asset availability as high as possible – for as long as possible –without ever compromising on health and safety, or at the expense of the environment. We consider this our licence to operate and an integral part of what makes us, us.

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Project finance

Skyborn has successfully financed multiple projects across countries. Our lending partners include international commercial banks, regional commercial banks, financing institutions and export credit agencies.

As a portfolio company of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) – a leading independent global infrastructure investor – we can also draw on a strong financial backbone. By combining our years of experience in the offshore wind industry with GIP’s financial strength and track record in renewable energy investments, we can accelerate the deployment of offshore wind energy faster than ever.

Among the projects Skyborn has realized by successfully arranging project financing are Butendiek (288 MW), Nordergründe (111 MW), Yunlin (640 MW), Fécamp (500 MW) and Calvados (450 MW) with a total capacity of nearly 2,000 MW.

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Corporate power purchase agreements

Corporate power purchase agreements can provide long-term certainty on the cost of power and its origin.