Skyborn Renewables Receives ESG Sustainability Award Black-faced Spoonbill Tracking Project Gains Further Recognition
Skyborn Renewables Receives ESG Sustainability Award Black-faced Spoonbill Tracking Project Gains Further Recognition
Skyborn Renewables has set a new milestone in Taiwan's green energy–ecology coexistence through its "Black-faced Spoonbill Satellite Tracking Project," earning the 2026 Global Views ESG Corporate Sustainability Award. The award was presented by Mei-Ling Chen (left), Chairperson of the Taiwan Regional Revitalization Foundation. (Source: Skyborn)
Skyborn Renewables announced today (8th) that, representing the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm, it has been awarded the 2026 Global Views ESG Corporate Sustainability Award, which are one of Taiwan's most influential sustainability recognitions. This latest honour follows its earlier achievements in 2024, when it received both the Asia-Pacific Sustainability Action Award and the Taiwan Sustainability Action Award.
The awarded initiative is the five-year-long "Black-faced Spoonbill Satellite Tracking Project," which has established the world's most comprehensive migration database for the species. The project also pioneered a first-of-its-kind collaboration model integrating satellite tracking with frontline patrol and rescue operations, while connecting Taiwan with a broader Asia-Pacific transnational sustainability network.
Among more than 200 competing enterprises, Skyborn Renewables stood out in the "Environmental Friendliness" category, becoming the only offshore wind energy company to receive an award in this year's selection.
Establishing the World's Most Comprehensive Black-faced Spoonbill Migration Database
The "Black-faced Spoonbill Satellite Tracking Project" is a pioneering initiative in Taiwan's offshore wind industry, establishing an internationally recognised scientific evidence framework for environmental assessment. The project integrates industry operational parameters, such as turbine layout, blade sweep zones, and key operational metrics from the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm—as the foundational research structure.
In collaboration with the research team led by Professor Yuan-Shiuan Suen of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, the project introduces advanced tracking technologies for endangered migratory birds. Through four key data dimensions: high-precision positioning, flight altitude, migratory routes, and behavioural patterns. The study conducts systematic analysis involving data collection, cross-layer correlation, and field verification.
Since 2021, the project has tracked more than 70 individual birds over a five-year period, accumulating 127 migratory trajectories across the Asia-Pacific region. This effort has resulted in the world's most comprehensive Black-faced Spoonbill flight database. Behavioural avoidance analysis, consistent with international research findings, indicates that migratory birds are capable of actively avoiding wind farm areas, with collision risk assessed as extremely low.
The project breaks through long-standing limitations in Taiwan's ecological research, where insufficient local data has historically led to reliance on assumptions regarding environmental risk. By transforming scientific data into verifiable governance evidence, the initiative establishes a new milestone in achieving coexistence between renewable energy development and ecological conservation in Taiwan.
Pioneering the Use of Hotspot Data for Migratory Bird Rescue Collaboration
In addition, the "Black-faced Spoonbill Satellite Tracking Project" has further translated scientific research into practical conservation action. The team identified newly emerging potential habitat "hotspots" for Black-faced Spoonbills based on tracking data, and provided these findings free of charge to patrol and monitoring programmes supported by offshore wind farm stakeholders in Taiwan, as well as to the Wild Bird Society of Tainan and the Taiwan Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation Association.
This initiative has pioneered a first-of-its-kind collaboration model that integrates satellite tracking data with frontline field patrol and rescue operations. It has also been linked with Asia-Pacific regional survey platforms to promote cross-border ecological sustainability, ensuring that data-driven insights are effectively translated into on-the-ground conservation actions and expanding the broader impact of ecological co-existence.
Patrick Lammers, CEO of Skyborn Renewables, stated: "We are committed to translating our vision into measurable and verifiable outcomes. It is an honour for the Black-faced Spoonbill Satellite Tracking Project to receive further recognition. The project demonstrates how offshore wind farms integrate scientific evidence and environmental responsibility into project design, enabling each wind turbine to co-create a long-term ecological collaboration system with local communities, stakeholders, and global partners. It is precisely this kind of sustainable collaboration chain that drives meaningful change. Congratulations and sincere thanks to all colleagues for their dedication."
The Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm officially entered its operations and maintenance (O&M) phase in 2025, becoming Skyborn Renewables's first operational project in the Asia-Pacific region. The company will continue to expand its global offshore wind portfolio, with the 976.5 MW Gennaker Offshore Wind Project in Germany serving as its next flagship milestone. The project is expected to reach final investment decision (FID) in 2026 and be completed in 2028, becoming the largest offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
Skyborn Renewables remains committed to delivering reliable and scalable sustainable energy solutions, advancing its vision of a low-carbon future.
