XODUS

Company Outline

Founded in 2005, Xodus is a global energy consultancy providing engineering, environmental and advisory services to the offshore energy sectors. For the offshore wind industry, Xodus advises project developers, governments, sector enablers and supply chain companies on strategic, technical and commercial matters. It has significant experience in both fixed and floating offshore wind, and is active across Europe, the US and Asia-Pacific (APAC), including Japan.

Its core services include:

• markets and supply chain analysis, utilising its internal databases, market intelligence data and Geographic Information System (GIS) solutions
• project commercial analysis, including wind resource and energy yield assessments, Capital Expenditures (CAPEX), Operating Expenditures (OPEX), and Levelized Cost Of Energy (LCOE) modelling, and technical and commercial due diligence
• consenting support, including on environmental regulations, and site data collection, management and analysis
• engineering services for projects at concept design, including pre-FEED, Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and detailed design
• engineering services for offshore cables and interconnectors, including cable burial risk assessment, array cable layout and optimisation and installation engineering

Xodus develops in-house solutions to increase the value it brings to offshore wind stakeholders. This includes XAMIN, a one-stop digital platform for asset data management.

Industry track record

Xodus has provided consultancy services across the offshore wind industry. This includes:

• supply chain assessment and economic impact analysis for auction rounds in Australia, France and the UK
• cable burial risk assessment and engineering services for projects in Japan, Taiwan and the UK
• floating offshore wind supply chain, cost and ports analysis for Australia and Japan
• stakeholder and fisheries engagement strategy and recommendations for Japan and the UK
• energy yield assessment and metocean studies for projects in France and Japan
• environmental impact assessments for fixed bottom and floating offshore wind projects in the UK
• High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) cable owner’s engineering for a project in France