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  • Stonepeak Enters Mezzanine Debt with AMP to Back Taiwan Offshore Wind Investment

    19 May 2020
    Business & Finance

    New York-based Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners has entered a USD 145 million mezzanine debt agreement with AMP Capital to support the acquisition of Swancor Renewable Energy and the construction of the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. “The transaction represents our first infrastructure debt investment in Taiwan– it’s a key milestone for our business and […]

  • First Subsea to Shield Formosa 2 Cables

    17 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection

    First Subsea has secured a contract by Jan De Nul to provide the cable protection system for the export and inter-array cables at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The order represents First Subsea’s second cable protection system award in Taiwan and follows last year’s cooperation with Jan De Nul at the Formosa 1 […]

  • Deep BV Staying Busy Offshore Taiwan

    10 February 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Dutch subsea survey specialist Deep BV is carrying out unexploded ordnance (UXO) geophysical survey at the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. The survey is being carried out at the potential locations of the wind turbines, the company said. Deep BV did similar work on the 128MW Formosa 1, Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm. […]

  • James Fisher Joins Formosa 2 Team

    21 September 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group (EDS), a subsidiary of James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables), has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to provide high voltage support services at the Formosa 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. EDS will support the management of the high voltage network and the electrical safety during the construction and commissioning phase of the project, […]

  • JERA Buys Majority Stake in Formosa 2

    9 October 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    JERA is set to acquire a 49% equity interest in the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, the Japanese utility revealed shortly after it had secured joint control over the project with Macquarie and Swancor. Macquarie will hold a 26% stake and Swancor will hold 25% of the 376MW wind project located offshore Miaoli County in the Taiwan Strait. The […]

  • Haizea Wind Shipping Formosa 2 TP Barrels to Indonesia

    10 November 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Haizea Wind has so far sent off 20 out of the total 32 transition piece (TP) barrels for the Taiwanese Formosa 2 offshore wind farm from Spain to Indonesia. On 28 September, the company completed the delivery of the first batch of four TPs to Saipem by shipping them to the Karimun Yard in Indonesia. […]

  • Half of Formosa 2 Pin Piles Ready

    18 May 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    EEW’s manufacturing facilities in Asia have produced half of the total of 188 pin piles for Taiwan’s Formosa 2 offshore wind farm. Formosa 2 will comprise 47 jacket foundations, with each jacket secured to the seabed with four pin piles. Each pin pile is up to 78.9 metres long, has an outside diameter of 2.4 metres, […]

  • JIF Breizh Completes Formosa 2 Task

    26 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    JIFMAR Offshore Services’ shallow draft DP1 workboat JIF Breizh has completed operations at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan, under a contract with Jan De Nul. The vessel, which was contracted and transported to Taiwan earlier this year, worked on export cable pull-in landfall Horizontal Direction Drilling (HDD) operations for three months. Within […]

  • Swancor Renewable Energy Developing 4.4 GW Formosa Sequel

    22 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Swancor Renewable Energy has revealed plans to develop the 4.4 GW Formosa 4 offshore wind project off the Miaoli County in Taiwan. The portfolio would consist of three sites, including Formosa 4-1, Formosa 4-2 and Formosa 4-3, which would cover a large maritime area located 18 to 20km offshore. Swancor Renewable Energy said it had […]

  • UK Export Finance Supports Formosa 2 with GBP 230 Million

    5 November 2019
    Business & Finance

    UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided an NT$ 9.2 billion (GBP 230 million) project finance guarantee to support the construction of the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As a result of the support, UK companies will be involved in the construction of the 376MW wind farm, helping unlock the export potential of the […]

  • FairWind to Assist Siemens Gamesa on Formosa 2

    10 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has awarded FairWind with a contract to assist on pre-assembly work on offshore wind turbines for the Formosa 2 wind farm in Taiwan. FairWind will be responsible for the pre-assembly of the towers for 47 SGRE 8.0 MW wind turbines, scheduled to start in March 2021. “This is an important opportunity for FairWind […]

  • Jan De Nul Gathers Formosa 2 Jackets Crew

    31 October 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has selected the suppliers of the jacket foundations and the accompanying pin piles for the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Jan De Nul is the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and subsea cables. Following the project financial close reached earlier this week, Jan De Nul awarded Saipem and Sembcorp […]

  • All Foundations, Subsea Cables Installed at Formosa 2

    1 September 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    All 47 wind turbine jacket foundations and all subsea cables are now in place at the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm also has more than half of its wind turbines installed so far. The final jacket foundation was installed on 26 August, with the subsea cable works reaching completion on […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Completes Formosa 2 Jacket Foundations

    28 February 2022
    Wind Farm Update

    Singapore-based marine and offshore engineering group Sembcorp Marine has manufactured the 15 wind turbine jacket foundations for the 376 MW Formosa 2 wind project offshore Taiwan. Five jacket foundations have since sailed away with the remaining awaiting client’s vessel availability, Sembcorp Marine said. Jan De Nul, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and subsea […]

  • Saipem Installs Saint-Brieuc OSS, Delivers Formosa 2 Jacket Foundations

    8 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Saipem has reported that the company reached two important milestones in offshore wind this month following the installation of the offshore substation at the Saint-Brieuc wind farm site in France and the delivery of the final of its batch of jacket foundations for the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The transport and installation […]

  • Seaway Yudin’s Pile Installation Frame Ready for Trip to Taiwan

    3 July 2020
    Vessels

    A Pile Installation Frame (PIF) for Seaway Yudin’s pin-pile installation work in Taiwan has been loaded onto a vessel in the Port of Rotterdam, from where it will be transported to Taiwan, Seaway 7 said on social media. The company did not name the project for which the PIF is being transported. Seaway 7 has […]

  • Saipem Sheds More Light on Formosa 2 Contract

    28 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Italian offshore energy contractor Saipem will manufacture and deliver 32 wind turbine jacket foundations for the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Jan De Nul, the EPCI contractor for the project’s foundations and subsea cables, selected Saipem and Sembcorp to deliver the pile jacket foundations for the wind farm. At […]

  • Jan De Nul Starts Formosa 2 Construction Work

    5 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has kicked off construction works in Taiwan for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm. Nearshore and onshore construction works have started at the landfall site in Miaoli County and Taichung port, Jan De Nul said. Offshore installation works will commence later this year. At the landfall site in Miaoli County, […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Gets Conditional Order from Taiwan

    17 June 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has received a conditional order for the supply of turbines for the 376MW Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Siemens Gamesa will provide 47 of its SG8.0-167 DD turbines and is in charge of the full servicing for a period of 20 years, including the provision of spare parts and tools. The firm order is subject to […]

  • 2.5 GW Baltica Offshore Wind Project Secures EIB Financing

    8 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved the in-principle financing of the 2.5 GW Baltica offshore wind project in Poland, being developed by PGE Group and Ørsted. The project has two stages, the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 and the 1 GW Baltica 3, planned to be commissioned by the end of 2027 and by the […]

  • Dutch-Taiwanese JV to Provide Marshalling Services for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b & 4

    2 August 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Mammoet-Giant Taiwan, a joint venture between the Dutch company Mammoet and Taiwanese Giant Heavy Machinery Service, has been picked by Ørsted Taiwan to provide essential support for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms. The joint venture has been entrusted with the marshalling and lifting activities for 66 suction bucket jackets. […]

  • Japanese Utility Joins Formosa 3

    9 March 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    JERA has reached an agreement with Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) to join the development of the Formosa 3 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. JERA now holds 43.75% of the project, with GIG holding 31.25% and EnBW 25%, retaining material stakes and remaining committed to the ongoing development. The […]

  • Export Cable Installation Completed at 376 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan

    23 July 2021
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has completed the installation of all export cables for the 376 MW Formosa 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The company installed four export cables with a total length of 34 kilometres using its cable laying vessel (CLV) Willem de Vlamingh, which was able to position itself close to the beach and […]

  • Siemens Gamesa and Formosa Plastics Ink MoU in Taiwan

    5 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Formosa Plastics Corporation for offshore wind in Taiwan. According to the company, the agreement adds up to a series of earlier agreements with local and international parties to promote a competitive supply chain. To remind, Siemens Gamesa inked the first local supply agreements in Taiwan last year by […]

  • Australian Vessel Owner Converts and Reflags AHTS to Support Taiwanese Offshore Wind Market

    15 July 2022
    Vessels

    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 […]

  • Corio, JERA to Bid in Taiwan’s Round 3

    30 June 2022
    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 […]