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Ørsted has awarded WSP with a contract to provide engineering services for the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Located 35 to 50 kilometers off the coast of Changhua County, the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms will have a total capacity of approximately 900MW. The projects will be led by […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Danish offshore wind developer Ørsted has signed contracts with South Korea’s Samkang M&T and Hyundai Steel Industries for the supply of jacket foundations for the 900MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Samkang M&T will manufacture and deliver 28 jacket foundations, and Hyundai Engineering & Steel Industries 27 units, according to Korean media. […]
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Authorities, Wind Farm Update
Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy has granted Ørsted the establishment permit for the 900MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project. In the coming weeks, Ørsted will work with the Taiwanese authorities and local stakeholders to reach other outstanding key project milestones, such as completing the supply chain plan and signing the power purchase agreement (PPA), […]
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Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has secured a contract for the transport and installation of turbine foundations and the installation of offshore substations at the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects in Taiwan. HMC will utilize its vessel Aegir for the transportation and installation of 111 turbine foundations and the installation of two offshore substations at […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Van Oord has been awarded the contract by Ørsted for the cable installation works at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. The wind farms have a capacity of 900MW and are located between 35 and 60 kilometres off the west coast of Changhua County. Van Oord is responsible for the […]
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Ørsted is preparing for a potential Taiwan New Dollar (TWD) denominated green bond issuance in Taiwan towards the end of this year to finance the Greater Changhua offshore wind projects. The company has selected BNP Paribas, Bank of Taiwan, CTBC Bank, and Deutsche Bank as arrangers. In April 2019, Ørsted made the final investment decision […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Siemens Gamesa has received the firm order from Ørsted for their 900MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind power project in Taiwan. The project includes the Asia-Pacific variant of the SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbine and a service agreement. As part of this firm order, Siemens Gamesa will establish a nacelle assembly facility […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
South Korea’s LS Cable & System has won a contract to deliver submarine cables for Ørsted’s Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The cables are to be delivered by 2021, the company said. The Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farm will feature 112 Siemens Gamesa 8MW wind turbines installed on jacket foundations 35-50 kilometers off the […]
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China Shipbuilding Corporation Taiwan (CSBC) will manufacture 20 transition piece steel structures for Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind project.
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels
Solstad Offshore has signed an agreement with Ørsted to deploy construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Jarl on the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Normand Jarl is scheduled to begin working offshore Taiwan in the second quarter of 2021. The firm period on the contract is 15 months with options to […]
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Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has taken the final investment decision (FID) on the Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Prior to the FID, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs approved Ørsted’s local supply chain plan, and subsequently Ørsted has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Taipower at the feed-in-tariff level announced on 30 January 2019. […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Seajacks International has won a contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of turbines at the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects in Taiwan. Seajacks is planning to use its jack-up vessel Seajacks Scylla for the transport and installation of 111 Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbines at the project site located 35-50km off the coast of […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the kick-off of the onshore substation construction for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. In November 2018, Ørsted awarded an EPC contract to Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) to build two onshore substations, cable corridors and transition joint bays for the 900MW project. […]
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Ørsted has appointed BNP Paribas, Cathay United Bank and CTBC Bank as Mandate Lead Arranger’s for a potential TWD denominated green bond issuance in Taiwan. The green bond, set to be issued in Q4 2020, represents Ørsted’s second green bond offering in Taiwan. Ørsted intends to issue the new green bonds for the purpose of […]
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Ørsted has marked the completion of the first made-in-Taiwan transition piece mock-up with Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Steel Corporation. The mock-up, fabricated by SDMS in Kaohsiung, has demonstrated that local suppliers are on track to prepare for delivery of jacket foundations for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1&2a projects, the world’s […]
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Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted will pause and revisit its project activities, the project timelines, and local commitments in Taiwan after not receiving an establishment permit in time to sign a 2018 power purchase agreement (PPA) with Taipower for the Changhua 1 and 2a projects.
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LOC Group has secured a contract with Ørsted to provide marine warranty survey services (MWS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the agreement, LOC will provide MWS services for the transportation and installation of the inter-array and export cables. Technical document review and operational approvals will be undertaken […]
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Ørsted has contracted Trelleborg to provide the NjordGuard cable protection system (CPS) for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Trelleborg will provide 235 NjordGuard cable protection systems and bellmouths, which will protect all inter-array and export cables on the wind farms. Production will be carried out at Trelleborg’s manufacturing facility […]
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Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders
Ørsted has suspended the execution of contracts with Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, China Steel Corporation (CSC) and Century Iron and Steel Industrial (CISI) for the developer’s offshore wind projects in Taiwan, Taiwanese media reports. OffshoreWIND.biz has contacted Ørsted to confirm this, with the company yet to respond. The suspended contracts were already ongoing, while for those that […]
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Ørsted has issued its second TWD denominated green bond in Taiwan to raise financing for its continuing investments in the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project. The new unsecured green senior bonds comprise a 7-year TWD 4 billion fixed-rate tranche, a 10-year TWD 3 billion fixed-rate tranche, and a 20-year TWD 8 billion […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted has signed crew transfer vessels (CTV) contracts to charter five ships and form a Taiwan-flagged CTV fleet for the construction work on the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms. These CTVs will be owned and operated by Dong Fang Offshore, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Taiwan’s Hung Hua Construction, and Ventus […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Ørsted could face delays on two offshore wind projects due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of offshore substation topsides for the two projects, the 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two in the UK and the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a in Taiwan, was paused after the Singaporean shipyards where they […]
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The first batch of jacket foundation pin piles has been completed for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first 112 pin piles, around one third of the total needed for the 900 MW project, were made by Taiwanese suppliers Century Wind Power (CWP) and Formosa Heavy Industries (FHI), as […]
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Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update
Construction of the onshore substations and transmission system for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan is moving full speed ahead, according to Ørsted. Ørsted stated it is working with Star Energy Corporation (SEC), a subsidiary of EPC contractor Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, to implement the highest Quality, Health, Safety and Environment […]
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Vard Electro has selected Corvus Energy to supply lithium-ion battery-based Energy Storage System (ESS) for the service operations vessel (SOV) being built for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms in Taiwan. The SOV is of VARD 4 19 design developed for the complicated and harsh environment in the Taiwan Strait. Currently under construction […]
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A joint venture of Mammoet and Giant Heavy Machinery Services has started working with Sing Da Marine Structure Corporation (SDMS) on the locally-produced jacket foundations for the Greater Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. The joint venture will be performing the assembly, transportation and load-out of the jackets, each weighing approximately 1,200t. The PTC200-DS Ring […]
