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  • Apollo Kicks Off Offshore Construction at Zhong Neng Wind Farm in Taiwan

    24 March 2023
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has started installing pin piles at the Zhong Neng wind farm off Taiwan, marking the start of the offshore construction on the project. DEME’s Apollo loaded the first set of pin piles, produced locally by CTCI-Machinery, earlier this week. CDWE is in charge of transporting and installing the 31 jacket foundations […]

  • BLP Advises Macquarie on Taiwanese Offshore Wind Partnership with EnBW

    19 February 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Macquarie Capital on the introduction of EnBW Energie Baden-Württenberg AG (EnBW) to its partnership with Swancor Renewable to jointly develop three offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Bladt and CWP Join Forces for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Foundations

    8 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    Danish Bladt Industries and the Taiwan-based Century Wind Power (CWP) have established a joint venture for the fabrication of offshore wind foundations for the Taiwanese market.

  • First Changfang and Xidao Pin-Piles Start Their Final Journey

    28 June 2021
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    The loading of the pin-piles for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm has started at the Port of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. The first of the 186 locally-manufactured pin-piles are being loaded onto Boskalis’s Bokalift 1 heavy-lift vessel. Boskalis and Hwa Chi Construction Co, through a joint venture, are in charge of the transport and installation of […]

  • Ørsted Asia-Pacific Head of Region Steps Down

    19 January 2022
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Ramboll Design for Taiwanese Jackets

    1 October 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Engineering company Ramboll has been contracted by China Steel Power Corporation to deliver the full jacket foundation design for the Zhong Neng offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The 300 MW Zhong Neng is located about 20 kilometres off the west coast of Changhua County in Taiwan. The project is co-developed by China Steel Corporation (CSC) […]

  • Safeway Gangway to Back Van Oord at Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    19 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Safeway has secured a contract with Van Oord to supply its motion-compensated gangway for subsea construction vessel Topaz Tangaroa during offshore wind work in Taiwan. The Safeway Seagull gangway system will be installed on the vessel in Rotterdam and will be deployed to transfer personnel and cargo during Van Oord’s work on the Greater Changhua […]

  • Ørsted Beats 2020 Operating Profit Guidance

    13 January 2021
    Business & Finance

    World’s leading offshore wind developer Ørsted expects an operating profit (EBITDA) of DKK 18 billion (EUR 2.42 billion) for 2020, which is above the latest guidance of DKK 16-17 billion. The increase in earnings is primarily of a temporary nature, Ørsted said. However, the company has also seen strong operational performance throughout the group in […]

  • Taiwanese Jacket Production Facility Shows Its Shape

    7 August 2019

    The construction of the offshore wind foundation production site being developed in Taiwan by the Century Bladt Foundation joint venture is going according to schedule, Bladt reported. The company said that the construction work of the 31,000m2 production facilities and the 4,000m2 administration building is well underway and on the road towards completion in the coming year. […]

  • Tekmar Buys Pipeshield International

    10 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tekmar Group has signed a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of Pipeshield International from its founder Steven Howlett. Tekmar said this is its third acquisition since the admission to AIM in June last year and will continue buying offshore energy businesses with synergies that have a clear subsea technology focus. “Pipeshield is a perfect […]

  • Seaway 7 Adds Zhong Neng Contract to Firm Orders

    9 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway 7 has confirmed the award of a contract by China Steel Power Corporation for the transport and installation of the submarine cable system for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan.

  • Fugro, IOVTEC Set Up Joint Company in Taiwan

    28 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Fugro and International Ocean Vessel Technical Consultant (IOVTEC) have established a joint business entity in Taiwan. The move follows the companies’ cooperation in the offshore wind sector in Taiwan over the last few years. Fugro and IOVTEC have been serving Taiwan’s emerging offshore wind market under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on marine […]

  • Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Project to Feature Locally-Made Pin Piles

    17 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has signed a contract with China Steel Power Corporation to supply nearly a hundred pin piles for the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan. Four production lines will be set up at CTCI MAC’s Ta-Lin Shop in Kaohsiung’s Nansing Free Trade Zone. The pin piles are expected to be ready […]

  • Hai Long Gets OK for Localization Plan

    13 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind has received approval for its Industrial Relevance Plan from the Taiwanese government after two years of negotiations. Hai Long stated it will now continue working with the government, local suppliers and main contractors CDWE and Siemens Gamesa on the delivery of the localization plan. “We are deeply gratified to have heard […]

  • Taiwan Reduces 2020 Offshore Wind Feed-in-Tariff

    6 January 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has reduced the 2020 feed-in-tariff (FiT) for offshore wind by 7.6% compared to the 2019 FiT rate. The 20-year FiT for offshore wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) signed in 2020 is set at TWD 5.0946 per kW/h. The developers also have an option to receive TWD 5.8015 per kWh (EUR […]

  • Marlinks Secures First Cable Monitoring Gig Offshore Taiwan

    16 May 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    Belgium-based Marlinks has secured its first major contract in Taiwan for the cable health monitoring services of the export and inter-array cables of the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm. The contract awarded covers the design, supply, installation, commissioning of monitoring hardware, and ongoing provision of integrity monitoring services, including depth of burial, RTTR, […]

  • Vestas and Tien Li Roll Out First Offshore Wind Turbine Blade in Taiwan

    25 April 2022
    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, […]

  • WPD and LeaLea Team Up on 600 MW Wind Farm Offshore Taiwan

    28 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind developer wpd has signed an agreement with Taiwan Green Power (TGP) to jointly develop a 600 MW offshore wind project in Taiwan. The wind farm site No. 28 is expected to be part of the third tender round in Taiwan, wpd said. The project is located off the coast of Changhua in […]

  • Jan De Nul Acquires MPI Discovery and Part of MPI Business

    13 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Jan De Nul Group and Vroon Group have signed agreements to transfer part of the offshore business of MPI to Jan De Nul, including the ownership of the jack-up vessel MPI Discovery together with its crew, as well as a number of MPI’s employees.

  • Changfang and Xidao Ready for First Jackets

    17 August 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • Van Oord Records EUR 62 Million Loss in 2021, Order Book at All-Time High

    28 March 2022
    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 […]

  • Top News of the Week, 27 November – 02 December 2017

    3 December 2017

    Siemens Gamesa: 8MW Offshore Wind Turbine to Be Market-Ready in 2020 Siemens Gamesa has launched a new offshore wind turbine – SG 8.0-167 DD – said to increase the annual energy production (AEP) compared to the 7MW model by 20%. Seawind’s Two-Bladed Turbines to Power Greek Islands Seawind has signed an agreement with wind farm […]

  • New Offshore Wind Wharf at Taichung Port Ready for Business

    15 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    The Port of Taichung in Taiwan has completed the first of several tailor-made wharves that will be used for the offshore wind industry. Wharf No. 106, completed in mid-April, will soon be put into service receiving wind turbine parts and materials and shipping out assembled turbine components for installation. The vacant land behind the wharf […]

  • LS Cable & System Inks Taiwanese Submarine Cable Supply Contract

    14 December 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    LS Cable & System has signed a submarine cable supply agreement worth EUR 150 million for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The contract follows the conclusion of the preferred bidder agreement signed in October last year. The 1,044 MW Hai Long development will comprise two offshore wind farms that will be developed […]

  • Top News of the Week, 12 – 18 November 2018

    18 November 2018

    Offshore WIND’s most read news from 12 to 18 November 2018.

  • Ørsted Cautions Against FiT Reductions in Taiwan

    3 December 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    The proposed reduction in 2019 Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) for offshore wind in Taiwan could potentially have a negative impact on Ørsted’s localisation plans and the final investment decision for the company’s first offshore projects in the country, a spokesperson for Ørsted told Offshore WIND.