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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
CanWind and NorthWind, two offshore wind projects proposed to be built in Taiwan by the Canadian developer Northland Power, have passed the environmental impact assessment (EIA) panel review. The two projects, located off the coasts of Taichung City and Changhua County, have a total capacity of up to 1.8 GW and are among several proposals […]
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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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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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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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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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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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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Japanese utility JERA and Corio Generation, the new specialist offshore wind business of Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), announced on 30 June that they were ready to bid for the third phase of Taiwan’s offshore wind zonal development with their Formosa 3 project. JERA and Corio (GIG at the time) have already partnered in Taiwan […]
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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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Business & Finance, Jobs & Recruitment
Dutch marine contractor Van Oord has reported a EUR 62 million net loss for the Fiscal Year 2021 due to large loss provisions taken on three projects in the business units Netherlands and Offshore wind: the Afsluitdijk project in the Netherlands, the Saint-Brieuc project in France, and the Greater Changhua project in Taiwan. At the […]
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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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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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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
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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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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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Formosa 4, an offshore wind project being developed by Swancor Renewable Energy (SRE) in Taiwan, has received the preliminary approval of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The project, also known as Miaoli 3, was the first of the nine projects for which Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started the review process in March this year. […]
