Copenhagen Offshore Partners consists of highly dedicated experts, most of whom have 10+ years of experience from developing and constructing large-scale offshore wind projects. We have a diverse workforce and therefore also employ student assistants. Why? We believe young talent can challenge and inspire, and add value on many different levels. When they have completed their studies, some of them join the team in a permanent role. In the course of the next weeks we’d like you to get to know them, starting this week with a very special young professional, namely COP’s very first Analyst in the company’s Graduate Program.

We are proud to see that both Rachel Pachter and Lars Thaaning Pedersen recognized prominently in the 2021 edition of A Word About Wind’s Top 100 North American Power List. Rachel Pachter, Chief Development Officer Vineyard Wind, is ranked number 24 and Lars Thaaning Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer Vineyard Wind and co-founder of Copenhagen Offshore Partner is ranked at the very top as number 2. The North American Power List ranks the 100 business leaders in North America that exert the most influence on the wind industry through their deals, innovations, and strategic thinking.  

We are very proud to be colleagues with these two innovative and inspiring people – congratulations from the entire COP Family!

Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) is leading the development of the Vineyard Wind 1 project on behalf of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and the project owners.

Vineyard Wind will build the first commercial scale offshore wind energy project in the US, 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. Onshore work will begin this Fall (in Barnstable), with offshore work commencing in 2022. The first power from Vineyard Wind 1 will be delivered to the grid in 2023.

There have been many milestones passed over the last several months. Financial closure, the most important milestone, means that everything is now in place to start construction. The launching of a new industry will immediately start to create jobs, combat climate change and power the economies of coastal communities.

Vineyard Wind 1 is an 800 MW project and will generate electricity for more than 400,000 homes and businesses in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It will save ratepayers $1.4 billion over the first 20 years of operation and is expected to reduce carbon emissions by more than 1.6 million tons per year.

Find the link to the full press release at https://www.vineyardwind.com

Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) is leading the development of the Vineyard Wind 1 project on behalf of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and the project owners.

Vineyard Wind 1 was proud to receive federal approval through a Record of Decision (ROD) on May 11, 2021. CIP acquired the offshore lease that included the Vineyard Wind 1 project in 2016. A federal Construction and Operation Plan (COP – yes, really!) was filed at the end of 2017, and after several delays, is finally approved. The Vineyard Wind 1 project went through an unprecedented review process that generated more than 30,000 public comments, more than 90% of which supported the project.  The project was reviewed by more than two dozen federal, state, and local agencies over the course of more than three and a half years. 

Key COP personnel working on Development of Vineyard Wind 1 include Lars Thaaning Pedersen (Vineyard Wind CEO and COP Co-CEO), Rachel Pachter (Chief Development Officer), Matt Robertson (Director of Environmental Affairs), and Jack Arruda (Technical Development Director). The project now goes to Klaus Møller (Vineyard Wind 1 Project Director and COP Partner) and his team that includes, Rasmus Miller, Søren Sørensen, Bjarke Koch, Babak Mataji, and many others for a successful construction.

Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) is proud to announce that Alan Hannah has joined as Partner and Senior Vice President of COP and he will also assume the role of CEO for the UK branch. Within COP, Alan Hannah will be part of the executive management team and take responsibility for delivery of the project pipeline with a particular focus on developing and driving COP’s floating offshore wind competence center from his base at COP’s Edinburgh office.
 
Alan Hannah brings 18 years of experience in delivering offshore wind projects having been involved in some of the earliest projects in both Europe and the US offshore wind markets. COP co-CEO Lars Thaaning Pedersen says: ‘We are very proud that Alan has chosen to join COP. Alan shares our love of working in highly skilled and agile project teams as well as our ambition of making offshore wind a significant contributor in fighting climate change. With his extensive experience in delivering projects, Alan will play a vital role for the successful execution of the offshore wind pipeline for both bottom fixed and floating projects we manage across the globe.’

Copenhagen Offshore Partners is pleased to announce the promotions of David Taeseung Yoo, Claire Lohan, Søren Sørensen, Magnus Winther Johannsen, Nicholai Lassen, Jack Arruda, Tania Moreira, Hao-Bo (Audrey) Dai & Dustin Yuan-Yi Ouyang.

Congratulations to our colleagues with their promotion.

We are excited to announce that we will be moving our Copenhagen based team to a new office location on 16th November 2020.

Besides the move, it is business as usual from our new address on Amerika Plads 29, 2100 Copenhagen Ø.

We look forward to welcoming you to our new office.