Committees
Our committees are dedicated to specific topics with the aim of identifying questions and answers, promoting the highest standards within the industry, engaging with different stakeholders outside the industry and solving challenges in the most efficient ways.
Floating Offshore Wind Committee
The Floating Offshore Wind Committee (FOWC) is a forum dedicated to identifying the questions and answers required for bringing floating wind technology to commercial scale. Chaired by Bruno Geschier (BW Ideol) and Clément Weber (Green Giraffe), the FOWC holds quarterly meetings in which members can learn and provide input on advancements in the industry.
The FOWC also consists of seven Subcommittees focused on seven key areas of floating wind: Insurance; Moorings; Operations & Maintenance; Cables & Floating Substations and Environment, Cohabitation & Marine Biodiversity; Serial Production (of Steel and Concrete Floating Substructures); and Interface Risk. They are chaired respectively by Ralf Skowronnek (Skowronnek & Bechnak); David Timmington (Griffin-Woodhouse Ltd.); Ilmas Bayati (PEAK Wind); Hayden Marcollo (Moorsure); Roland Teixeira (EOPSA), Jean-Philippe Pagot (EDF Renouvelables), Tania Moreira (Masdar), Brian McGrellis (Renantis), Roeland De Rycker (DEME); Darren McQuillan (Bardex), Immanuel Capano (Saitec), Hervé Cariou (Ekwil); Azadeh Nassiri (Slaughter & May), Sophie Fellah (BW Ideol), Christoph Knop (EnBW). Within the Subcommittees, experienced technical and commercial experts from the floating offshore wind industry pool personal lessons learned on a monthly basis. These fruitful exchanges help identify hot topics for the industry based on practical experience, feed into existing research & development efforts, and ultimately bring the industry forward.
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Subcommittees
- Insurance
- Moorings
- O&M
- Cables and Floating Substations
- Environment, Cohabitation & Marine Biodiversity
- Serial Production (of Steel and Concrete Floating Substructures)
- Interface Risk
Contact
Bruno Geschier (BW Ideol)
Clement Weber (Green Giraffe)
Louise Efthimiou (WFO)
Agni Argyri (WFO)
Events
Offshore Dispute
Resolution Committee
The Offshore Dispute Resolution Committee (ODRC) is a forum dedicated to developing alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to resolve global offshore wind disputes faster and more cost-effective. Chaired by Stefan Hoffmann (Watson Farley & Williams), the ODRC holds regular meetings during which members discuss and establish WFO’s dispute resolution mechanisms.
The ODRC has started to create a pool of offshore wind experts with proven track records in offshore wind dispute resolution. Interested offshore wind experts are encouraged to download the questionnaire below and to send it together with their CVs to WFO’s Gunnar Herzig.
Subcommittees:
- Education
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Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Committee
The Offshore Wind to Hydrogen Committee (OWHC) is a forum dedicated to gaining insights into the industry and offshore wind to hydrogen projects through identifying key topics such as repurposing infrastructure and regulations across the globe. Chaired by Magnus Killingland (DNV), the OWHC holds quarterly meetings in which members can learn about the advancements in the industry and provide their input.
The OWHC currently has one Subcommittee (more to follow soon) focused on one of the most important subjects in offshore wind to hydrogen: Regulation. This Subcommittee is co-chaired by Marieke Lüdecke and Christos Paraschiakos (Chatham Partners). Within this Subcommittee, experts from the offshore wind and green hydrogen industry provide lessons learned on the regulatory aspects in various countries on a monthly basis.
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Subcommittees
- Regulation
Events
Contract Standardisation Committee
The Contract Standardisation Committee (CSC) aims at establishing a set of reasonable and balanced standard contracting principles for offshore wind procurement, ie. supply and T&I contracts. These principles are intended to serve as a basis for, and recourse during negotiations. In many projects too much negotiation time and effort are wasted to debate over standard issues. The principles shall allow parties to focus on project-specific matters rather than such standard issues. The CSC is chaired by Dr Christian Knütel (Hogan Lovells), WFO’s General Counsel, and Marc Löhner (JUMBO Consulting Group). Unlike other WFO Committees, the CSC requires each member to deliver specific riders on selected topics. Riders are then discussed in committee meetings and finalized. Joining the CSC is by invitation only and not limited to WFO members. Current members include representatatives of all relevant stakeholders, i.e. developers, suppliers, and T&I contractors. We encourage a diverse composition of representatives including legal experts, engineers, and individuals with a commercial background.
Once a first draft set of all relevant contracting principles is ready, it will be shared with all WFO members for comments and feedback. The first edition of the contracting principles will be published (i.e. made accessible to WFO members as well as non-members) after alignment on such feedback within the CSC.
