All 62 three-legged jacket foundations have been installed at the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farms offshore Taiwan, according to Dennis Sanou, CEO of Changfang Xidao Offshore Wind Farms at Copenhagen Offshore Partners.
Century Wind Power was responsible for manufacturing the jacket foundations, with the last one being built a few days ago.
Boskalis was in charge of installing the units at the offshore construction site, located some 15 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County.
The company deployed its Bokalift 1 and Bokalift 2 crane vessels for this mission. The ships were supported by vessels BOKA Atlantic and BOKA Tiamat which provided essential supporting activities.
Bokalift 1 was assisted by Boskalis’ heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 , which transported a number of jackets from the Port of Taipei to the offshore wind farms.
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The Dutch company completed the first phase of foundation installation in July of last year. A year later, Boskalis reached the halfway mark on the project by installing 31 jacket foundations.
The 62 units will hold Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines , the first of which was put in place in July of last year by the installation vessel Bold Tern .
Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms, owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and two local life insurance companies, Taiwan Life Insurance and TransGlobe Life Insurance, are scheduled to be fully commissioned by early 2024.