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  • CTCI to Deliver Pin Piles for Changfang & Xidao OWF

    23 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    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 […]

  • Thai Energy Company Enters Offshore Wind Sector

    15 July 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Thai energy company Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has agreed to acquire a 25 per cent stake in the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farm offshore Taiwan. Global Renewable Power Company Limited (GRSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GPSC, entered into an agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to acquire the stake in […]

  • SMC Secures Work at Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farms

    23 February 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to deliver marine coordination services at the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms in Taiwan. SMC will deliver a turnkey marine coordination package for the construction of the two wind farms, including the provision of both marine coordination specialists and local Taiwanese personnel. The delivery of marine coordination […]

  • Bokalift 2 En Route to Changfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Farm

    17 June 2022
    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 […]

  • Boskalis and MENCK Team Up Offshore Taiwan

    25 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Pile-driving specialist MENCK has won a contract to support Boskalis with the foundation piling activities on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This involves the piling of 186 pin piles for the 62 three-legged jacket foundations being installed over two campaigns in 2021 and 2022 in water depths of up to 40 […]

  • Bold Tern Arrives in Taiwan

    28 June 2022
    Vessels

    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 […]

  • Boskalis’ Taiwan Debutant to Go Into Service in Early 2022

    12 November 2021
    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 […]

  • Boskalis to Turn Crane Vessels into Hybrids with Power Pack Retrofits

    11 April 2022
    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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Deutsche Bank Closes Hedge for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm

    1 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Deutsche Bank has closed a deal contingent interest rate swap on TWD 90 billion (around EUR 2.7 billion) project finance for the development of the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao wind farm off Changhua County, Taiwan. The investment consortium, led by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its funds CI II and CI III, with two […]

  • WFW Advises On Changfang and Xidao Project Financing

    24 February 2020
    Business & Finance

    Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised on the project financing of the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • CTCI Completes Final Batch of Pin Piles for Changfang & Xidao Offshore Wind Farm

    8 December 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has completed the manufacture and acceptance of the second and final batch of pin piles that the company produced for the jacket foundations that will be installed at the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farm off central coast of Taiwan. The company completed the production of 69 pin piles in […]

  • Pin Piles for Changfang & Xidao Phase 1 Ready, Offshore Work About to Start

    2 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) has completed the production of all 48 pin piles for the jacket foundations that will be installed on the first phase of the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company, a subsidiary of Taiwanese engineering services provider CTCI, said that all the 48 pin piles were manufactured […]

  • Changfang & Xidao Wind Farm Generates First Power Offshore Taiwan

    15 November 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • MHI Vestas Adds Another Link to Taiwanese Supply Chain

    30 June 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas has signed a purchase agreement with Taiwan’s Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group (YGG) to source additional components for the upcoming production of V174 turbines to be installed off Taiwan. The agreement covers rotor hubs, hub plates, and nacelle base frames. The V174-9.5 MW turbines provided by MHI Vestas are due to be installed […]

  • Brave Tern Sets Sail to Taiwan

    21 April 2020
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up Brave Tern has started her journey to Taiwan to begin working on the Yunlin offshore wind project. Brave Tern departed the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark on Monday, 20 April, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said. The jack-up is heading to Taiwan to start the installation job on the 640 MW wind farm. […]

  • Highlights of the Month – March 2020

    2 April 2020

    We bring you the ten most-read articles on OffshoreWIND.biz for the month of March 2020. Siemens Gamesa 11MW Turbine Prototype Goes Full Tilt Siemens Gamesa’s prototype SG 11.0-193 DD Flex wind turbine has produced 11MW of power, the turbine maker said. ABB Tech for Japanese Wind Turbine Installation Vessel ABB has won a contract to […]

  • Correll Scoops Changfang & Xidao Cable Contract

    23 August 2022
    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 […]

  • Bakker Sliedrecht Wins Bokalift 2 Contract

    2 April 2020
    Vessels

    Bakker Sliedrecht has secured a contract to renew, modify, extend and integrate all electrotechnical installations of Boskalis’ new crane vessel Bokalift 2. Bakker Sliedrecht is responsible for the engineering, production, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of all electrical systems and installations during the conversion. The high voltage installations and the drive systems for the main […]

  • CIP Selects Partners to Build Taiwanese O&M Base

    6 August 2020
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has teamed up with two Taiwanese companies to build an offshore wind farm operations and maintenance base in Changhua County, Taiwan. CIP has partnered with CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Reiju Construction to build the O&M base. The project is currently in its design stage and is expected to be issued […]

  • Huisman Receives Crane Order from Boskalis

    6 November 2019
    Vessels

    Huisman has received an order from Boskalis to deliver an offshore mast crane (OMC) for its crane vessel Bokalift 2. With a lifting capacity of 4,000mt at 100m above deck, this crane is capable of lifting jackets for wind turbines off the deck of the vessel, Huisman said. According to the company, a fly jib […]

  • Brave Tern Arrives in Taiwan

    10 July 2020
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has arrived in Taiwan to work on the Yunlin offshore wind project. On 20 April, Brave Tern began its journey from the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to Taiwan to transport and install turbines at the Yunlin wind farm. The 640 MW project will feature 80 Siemens Gamesa […]

  • 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, […]

  • Brave Tern Starts Prepping for Taiwanese Offshore Wind Odyssey

    30 March 2020
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s wind farm installation vessel Brave Tern has arrived in the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark to start mobilising for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Brave Tern arrived in Esbjerg after completing a charter with Prysmian Group, the company said. In March 2019, Siemens Gamesa awarded Fred. Olsen Windcarrier with […]

  • Drillship-Turned-Crane Vessel Gearing Up for Three US Offshore Wind Projects

    9 March 2023
    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 […]

  • Taiwan Debut for Bokalift 2

    29 October 2019
    Vessels

    Boskalis is planning to convert an existing hull to create the crane vessel Bokalift 2 for deployment at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ (CIP) two offshore wind farms in Taiwan. In July, Boskalis and Hwa Chi Construction Co established a joint venture to transport and install offshore foundations at CIP’s Changfang and the Xidao offshore wind farms. The parties will transport […]