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First power has been produced from the 589 MW Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The offshore wind project will comprise 62 Vestas 9.5 MW wind turbines, the first of which was […]
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Business & Finance, Vessels
Boskalis’s new offshore wind foundation installation vessel Bokalift 2, which went into service last year after being converted from a drillship into a crane vessel, is currently undergoing modifications in the Netherlands before its scheduled work in the United States. Bokalift 2 arrived in the Port of Rotterdam in mid-February for the final outfitting ahead […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
CWind Taiwan has been awarded a contract to provide Balance of Plant (BoP) operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) and Zhong Neng (ZN) offshore wind farms. Under the six-year contract, CWind Taiwan’s scope of work will include topside and subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) of jacket foundations, subsea cable […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Correll Group has secured a contract with Seaway Offshore Cables for the termination and testing of cables for the Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The contract covers 58 inter-array and seven offshore export subsea cables for CFXD. “We are delighted to have been awarded this project and to be again working […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Boskalis has completed the first phase of the foundation installation work on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan. Ten three-legged jacket foundations and the accompanying pin piles were installed at the site in the first phase of the project. The final seven jackets in this phase were transported from the Port of […]
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The first of the total of 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines has been installed at the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. The installation vessel Bold Tern left the Port […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Seaway 7 has contracted CRP Subsea to provide 140 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths for the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. These will protect the inter-array and export power cables for 62 wind turbines and horizontal directional drilling (HDD) conduit cables from fatigue damage due to the significant wave and […]
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Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has completed the conversion of its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel MMA Crystal and reflagged it to support the offshore renewable energy market in Taiwan. The AHTS, which already worked on an offshore wind project in Taiwan, having supported a pre-installation noise mitigation survey at Formosa 2 last year, has been […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The installation vessel Bold Tern has left the Port of Taichung in Taiwan loaded with the first sets of turbines for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project, according to an update the vessel owner Fred. Olsen Windcarrier posted on social media. The vessel arrived in Taiwan last month, after undergoing an upgrade at Keppel FELS yard […]
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Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s newly upgraded vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Taiwan after being fitted with a brand new crane with a bigger lifting capacity. The new 1,600-tonne Huisman leg encircling crane on board Bold Tern was commissioned earlier this month at Keppel FELS yard in Singapore, where the vessel underwent upgrades, including additional improvements to the deck […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Boskalis’s new crane vessel Bokalift 2 has set sail from Singapore to its first assignment on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm project in Taiwan, where it will transport and install jacket foundations and the accompanying pin piles. The vessel was converted from a drillship (previously known as YAN) into a DP2 crane vessel […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) new offshore wind project in Taiwan, called Taichung Fengmiao, has obtained the recommendation of approval by Taiwan’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) review committee. This is according to an update shared on social media by a Senior Director at Copenhagen Offshore Partners, a company that executes CIP’s offshore wind projects. As reported […]
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Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has, together with its partner Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology, produced the first V174- 9.5MW™ blade at its facilities in Taiwan. The blade will be installed in 2022 at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ Changfang offshore wind project and is the result of close collaboration with local suppliers and investments in local capabilities, […]
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StormGeo has been selected as the provider of weather forecasting services for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The company will be providing metocean forecasting and typhoon warning for the two-year installation phase and the first three years of operations. StormGeo began delivering its services for the projects in January, in support […]
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MHI Vestas and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have finalized the commercial agreements for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Changfang and Xidao will have a joint installed capacity of approximately 589MW on completion, comprising a total of 62 MHI Vestas V174-9.5MW turbines. The orders represent MHI Vestas’ first projects in the Asia […]
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Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) has appointed Dennis Sanou as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Sanou will be the projects’ CEO during the construction phase. He will lead a specialist offshore wind team comprising 70 people in Taipei covering all aspects of the project including permitting, engineering, […]
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Taylor Hopkinson has secured a contract to provide client representatives for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Taylor Hopkinson will provide client representatives across all packages – foundations, turbines and cables, including onshore HDD works. The agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) began in January and will run until 2023. “With Taylor […]
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Environment, Ports & Logistics, Technology, Vessels
Boskalis will convert a number of vessels within its Offshore Energy division, including the crane ships Bokalift 1 and Bokalift 2, into hybrid vessels through the retrofitting of energy storage systems, or ‘power packs’. The modifications will be completed over the next two years and will also be carried out on two construction support vessels […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The conversion of Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel is expected to be completed in the coming months, after which its new crane will be installed, allowing the vessel to enter service on Taiwan’s Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project in early 2022, according to an update in the company’s half-year report. In October 2019, the […]
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The first pin pile installation campaign at the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farm offshore Taiwan has been completed, Boskalis said. During the first installation campaign which started in early July, the crane vessel Bokalift 1 installed 48 pin piles at the site 15 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County. The next step […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
HSBC Bank (Taiwan) has approved two green guarantees to support the Taiwanese Century Iron & Steel Industrial and Hung Hua Construction on the supply of equipment and services for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project. The bank guarantee issued for Century Iron & Steel Industrial and its subsidiary Century Wind Power is valid for […]
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Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
MHI Vestas has leased a site at the Taichung Port in Taiwan for assembly activities for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project. The 5000m2 site, leased from Fortune Electric, is located in the port’s zone 1, adjacent to the preassembly quayside for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project. Turbine hub […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has won a contract to transport and install the MHI Vestas Offshore V174-9.5MW wind turbines on the Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier was awarded the contract by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering. “As both experienced contractors within the industry, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and […]
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CTCI MAC, a subsidiary of Taiwanese engineering services provider CTCI, has secured a contract with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to supply pin piles for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm. So far, this is the largest number of pin piles a single contractor in Taiwan will manufacture, according to CTCI. Production will start by […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has reached financial close and the start of construction on the 589MW Changfang and Xidao wind project off the coast of Changhua County, Taiwan. The Changfang and Xidao wind farm will feature 62 MHI Vestas 9.5MW wind turbines scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2024. The wind farm […]
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Onshore works for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan started on 23 July, according to a press release from the general contractor TECO Electric & Machinery. The onshore construction officially commenced by breaking ground in Lugang township of Changhua County, where the offshore wind farms’ onshore electric infrastructure will be built. The […]
