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The 111th and final jacket foundation has been installed at Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The jackets have been installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir, which completed the foundation installation on Greater Changhua 2a in May and then moved on to do the same work on Greater Changhua […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted and Star Energy Corporation (SEC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, have switched on the two onshore substations for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Following the first power in late April, the eneregisation of the 900 MW onshore substations located in Changhua Coastal Park marks the completion […]
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Ørsted has achieved successful delivery of first power from the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm offshore Taiwan. According to Ørsted, the first power was delivered as scheduled with the installation and energisation of the first batch of offshore wind turbines which were transported from the Port of Taichung to the site. […]
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Taiwan’s CS Wind and Chin Fong Machine Industrial have completed the fabrication of all 111 wind turbine tower sections needed for the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project. The towers, which are being transported to the pre-assembly site at the Port of Taichung, will support 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines, the Asia […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir has completed the installation of jacket foundations at the Greater Changhua 2a wind farm site offshore Taiwan and will now move on to do the same work on Greater Changhua 1, the company said via social media. This brought the entire 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir has installed the first three 100 per cent made-in-Taiwan wind turbine jacket foundations at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms. The first batch of jacket foundations fully manufactured in Taiwan by Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS) were loaded out of the Port of […]
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Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The first of the 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167DD wind turbines has been installed at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm project offshore Taiwan. The first batch of turbine components was transported from the Port of Taichung, and the first turbine was installed at the site by Seajack Scylla, a wind […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
The commissioning of the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a has been delayed to 2023, according to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half of 2022. The project was initially scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year, but due to COVID-19-related delays, the commissioning of the wind farm is being […]
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Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted and Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS) have loaded out the first batch of jacket foundations fully manufactured in Taiwan out of the Port of Kaohsiung. The first six jacket foundations will be transported to the 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a wind farm in two shipments this week, Ørsted said. There, they will be […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has completed the final pin pile load-out for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. In July 2021, all of the 333 pin-piles that will support the wind farm’s three-legged jacket foundations were manufactured, according to Ørsted. The first units were made by Taiwanese suppliers Century Wind […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Ørsted has decided not to submit a bid in the first auction of the Round 3 Zonal Development Phase in Taiwan, the developer announced on 30 September. “As the largest and most experienced offshore wind developer in Taiwan, we had to take stock of the limitations set by the current regulation, which in combination with […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted’s two new offshore wind farms in Changhua County, Taiwan, have passed the preliminary review of the Environmental Protection Agency. The wind farms’ Environmental Impact Statements (EIAs) were recommended for approval by the EIA committee on 8 June, the same day Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) received the same green light for its new project. This is […]
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Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted and Ta San Shang Marine Co. Ltd. have held a christening and naming ceremony at the Port of Taichung for TSS Pioneer, the first-ever purpose-built service operation vessel (SOV) in the Asia-Pacific region. TSS Pioneer will be deployed on Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farms offshore Taiwan in the operations […]
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Industry, Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics
Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on what the wind turbine maker describes as ”a massive expansion of its successful offshore nacelle facility” in Taichung, Taiwan. Already the largest production facility of its kind in Taiwan, the Siemens Gamesa offshore nacelle plant will be expanded to more than triple the plot area up to 90,000 square […]
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Eager.one has been awarded a contract to design and supply the South Korean offshore wind specialist Samkang M&T with a remote-operated Jacket Lifting Tool (JLT). The JLT will be able to handle jackets of up to 2500 tonnes that will be moved from the yard onto transport vessels. According to the manufacturer, the JLT will […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
After being awarded a preferred supplier agreement for two offshore substations for the Hai Long 2 and Hai Long 3 wind farms last year, the consortium consisting of Semco Maritime and PTSC M&C has now signed the EPC contract and initiated the execution of the project. The consortium, supported by primary sub-contractor ISC Consulting Engineers, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Hellenic Cables has been awarded an Exclusivity and Capacity Agreement (ECA) for the supply of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories for the Hai Long 2 and 3 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Under the ECA, Hellenic Cables will supply approximately 140 kilometres of 66 kV XLPE-insulated inter-array cables and associated accessories. The cables will be […]
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CWind Taiwan, a joint venture between CWind and International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC), has acquired a new crew transfer vessel (CTV) to support the offshore wind market in Taiwan. The vessel, named CWind Pesanach, has already joined CWind Taiwan’s fleet and will be supporting an offshore wind project off the coast of Changhua county. […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
The commissioning team of Ørsted has energized the offshore substation and export cable of the Greater Changhua 2a offshore wind farm. According to the developer’s social media update, this represents a “big step” for the upcoming wind turbine installation and power transmission preparations. During the testing of the Greater Changhua offshore substations, which happened last […]
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World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted has recorded DKK 5.7 billion (EUR 766 million) net profit in the first quarter of 2022, a 257 per cent increase compared to a DKK 1.6 billion net profit reported for the same period a year earlier. The operating profit (EBITDA) for the quarter totalled DKK 9.4 billion, an […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Vessels
Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has completed harsh weather demonstrations at the offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with the first Taiwan-flagged commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Orient Constructor. The trials, conducted in early January 2022, displayed the ability of the vessel to manage transfers during the […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam has delivered the first Taiwan-flagged service operation vessel (SOV), TSS Pioneer, to Ta San Shang Marine, a joint company owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Ta Tong Marine. The vessel will now be deployed on Ørsted’s 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms in […]
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Ørsted has announced that Matthias Bausenwein will step down from his position as President of the Region Asia-Pacific and Chairman of Ørsted Taiwan on 20 January. Bausenwein will return to Europe for family reasons and take on a new role outside of Ørsted, the company said. The search for a successor has been activated. In […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The first service operation vessel (SOV) built for the Asian offshore wind market completed six days of sea trials offshore Vietnam back in January. The SOV, to be named TSS Pioneer, is being built by Vard at the Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam. The vessel will soon be delivered to Ta San Shang Marine, a […]
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Environment, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted is planning a world-first attempt to support coral reefs by growing corals on offshore wind turbine foundations. Together with Taiwanese partners, the company will test the concept in the tropical waters of Taiwan this summer. The aims are to determine whether corals can be successfully grown on offshore wind turbine foundations and to evaluate […]
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Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla has arrived in the Port of Taichung in Taiwan in preparation for the turbine installation work on the 900 MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms. The installation work is expected to start as soon as a favourable window opens. Seajacks Scylla will transport and install 111 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines at […]
