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  • MHI Vestas Adds Boltun and Walsin Lihwa to Taiwanese Supply Chain

    13 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has reached agreements with Taiwan’s Boltun Corporation and Walsin Lihwa Corporation for the delivery of fasteners and cables, respectively. These agreements will see Boltun and Walsin Lihwa Corporation supply MHI Vestas for CIP-developed wind projects – Changfang Phase 2 and Xidao – to be delivered off the coast of Taiwan beginning […]

  • CSBC-DEME Joint Venture Secures More Work in Taiwan

    7 November 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) has secured a contract for the transportation and installation of foundations at the Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan. The joint venture has also signed a Preferred Bidder Agreement (PBA) for the transportation and installation of wind turbines at the project. In order to implement the localization policy required by […]

  • DNV GL to Provide Project Certification Training in Taiwan

    8 May 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Training & Education

    Taiwan’s Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) has contracted DNV GL to provide project certification training to help achieve the 5.5GW by 2025 offshore wind target. DNV GL is providing technical training to a local certification team consisting of CR Classification Society, Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC) and Ship and Ocean Industries […]

  • Financial Close Reached for Zhong Neng Offshore Wind Farm

    8 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The 298 MW Zhong Neng offshore wind project in Taiwan, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and China Steel Corporation (CSC), has reached financial close. The financial close for the wind farm follows the recent signing of a project financing agreement with 20 banks. Zhong Neng is located next to CIP’s Changfang and Xidao offshore […]

  • Taiwanese Jacket Production Workshop Shaping Up

    10 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Century Bladt Foundations’ offshore wind foundation production workshop in Taiwan is shaping up, according to Bladt’s recent post. The 33,000m2 workshop will soon be finished and ready for the installation of cranes and equipment, the Danish company reported. A 4,000m2 administration building, canteens to host 400 employees, 3,000m2 warehouse facilities and 9ha of outdoor storage […]

  • MHI Vestas Extends Localization Streak in Taiwan

    9 September 2020
    Business & Finance

    MHI Vestas has concluded a purchase agreement with the Fassmer Atech Composites Taiwan (FACT) joint venture for the local supply of spinner and nacelle covers for the upcoming offshore wind projects in Taiwan. These components will be used for the MHI Vestas turbines at the Changfang Phase 2 and Xidao, as well as the Zhong […]

  • Taiwan: MHI Vestas Inks Tower Supply Agreement with CS Wind-Chin Fong

    19 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has signed a purchase agreement to source wind turbine towers from CS Wind-Chin Fong for its offshore wind turbines in Taiwan. The agreement covers complete tower supply for Taiwanese offshore wind projects which will feature MHI Vestas V174 wind turbine platform. These include the Changfang Phases 1 and 2, Xidao, and […]

  • Eager.one Equips Boskalis with Jacket Lifting Tool for Work in Taiwan

    29 June 2021
    Contracts & Tenders

    Eager.one has produced a Jacket Lifting Tool (JLT) specially made for the installation of jacket foundations that will be carried out by Boskalis on a Taiwanese project. While Eager.one left the project unnamed, the company did say its tool will be used during loading, unloading and installation of 62 jackets, which points to the 62-turbine […]

  • Boskalis Wins EUR 450 Million Offshore Wind Contract

    15 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Boskalis has been awarded an approximately EUR 450 million contract for transportation and installation of monopile foundations and substations for an offshore wind project. The company informed about the new contract on 15 November without disclosing any specific details about its client or the offshore wind project, other than information that engineering and pre-construction work […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wärtsilä Gear for Bokalift 2

    24 February 2020
    Technology, Vessels

    The Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has received an order for a thruster solution for Boskalis’ Bokalift 2 crane vessel. According to Wärtsilä, the thruster solution will enable Boskalis to convert an existing hull into the crane vessel Bokalift 2. The order was placed in December 2019. Wärtsilä will supply four retractable steerable thrusters and thruster […]

  • Bold Tern Stands Ready for Crane Upgrade in Singapore

    2 September 2021
    Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Singapore, where it will be upgraded with a new 1600-tonne crane to enable the installation of next-generation wind turbines and foundations weighing up to 1,500 tonnes. The vessel will be fitted with Huisman’s 1600t LEC 65500 leg encircling crane and will also undergo additional improvements […]

  • Australian Firm Clinches Offshore Wind Contracts in Taiwan

    26 March 2021
    Vessels

    Australian marine services provider MMA Offshore has secured three new contracts in the offshore wind market in Taiwan. These three contracts, with firm periods totalling 270 days, increase MMA Offshore’s contracted revenue by an aggregate total of approximately AUD 7 million (EUR 4.5 million). The contracts also provide for additional option periods totalling 118 days. […]

  • HeliService Orders Additional AW169 Helicopters for Offshore Wind Ops

    4 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders

    German-based HeliService International GmbH has signed a contract with Leonardo S.p.A for the delivery of two additional AW169 light intermediate twin-engine helicopters to support the offshore wind farm operations in Taiwan. The contract brings the total number of AW169s ordered by HeliService to five since its first purchase back in 2015 and marks the entrance […]

  • Master Builders Solutions Hits Motherlode Offshore Taiwan

    27 January 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Master Builders Solutions has won the grout supply contracts for the Formosa 2, the Changfang and Xidao, and the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects in Taiwan. In total, Master Builders Solutions will be supplying MasterFlow 9500 and MasterFlow 9800 to 222 offshore foundations over the next three years. “2020 has been a […]

  • MHI Vestas Bolsters Taiwan Supply Chain with Switchgear Deal

    23 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    MHI Vestas has finalised a purchase agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Europe to source switchgear for upcoming offshore wind projects in Taiwan through the participation of the local manufacturer, Shihlin Electric and Engineering Corporation (SEEC). The purchase agreement, first announced in April 2019, is expected to enable Mitsubishi Electric and SEEC to build expertise through supplying […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Extends Brave Tern Charter for Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    6 May 2021
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a charter period extension contract for the Brave Tern jack-up vessel on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. To facilitate Brave Tern‘s stay on the Yunlin project for a while longer, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is doing some reshuffling and will temporarily mobilise a second […]

  • MHI Vestas Goes Back to Black

    4 November 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas recorded EUR 30 million net profit in the third quarter of 2020. The company’s revenue stood at EUR 508 million for the period, an increase of EUR 109 million compared to the same quarter last year. The revenue in the third quarter was driven by the delivery of 42 […]

  • Taiwanese Blade Facility Breaks Ground

    16 June 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    MHI Vestas supplier Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology has started construction on a 210,000 square metre facility in Taichung Harbour to supply blades in Taiwan. Both production and storage facilities are being developed for the mass manufacture of blades to be installed at offshore projects in Taiwan and eventually, throughout Asia-Pacific, MHI Vestas said. Along […]

  • Bokalift 2 Conversion Starts in Dubai

    18 May 2020
    Vessels

    Dubai-based Drydocks World has held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the start of production on the Bokalift 2 conversion project for Boskalis B.V. Drydocks World will convert a drillship YAN into the offshore installation vessel Bokalift 2. This vessel is designed to carry out offshore operations for wind farm installations in Taiwan. The conversion scope […]

  • MHI Vestas to Build Wind Turbine Blades in Taiwan

    24 March 2020
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics

    Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology (TLC) has finalised a sub-supplier contract with MHI Vestas to manufacture blades for turbines to be delivered in upcoming Taiwanese projects. Building upon a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreed in March 2018, MHI Vestas has signed a conditional contract with TLC for blade manufacturing in Taiwan. This is the first […]

  • COP Opens Floating Wind Competence Centre in Scotland

    13 October 2020
    Business & Finance

    Copenhagen Offshore Partners (COP) has opened an office in Edinburgh, Scotland, which will serve as its global floating offshore wind competence centre. The Denmark-headquartered company said Edinburgh was the ideal place for it to launch the growth of its floating wind ambitions. According to Richard Copeland, COP’s Technical Development Director based in the company’s new […]

  • MHI Vestas 9MW Platform to Be Typhoon Ready in 2020

    15 May 2018
    Environment, R&D, Technology

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has confirmed that its 9MW turbine platform will be typhoon ready in 2020, in time for all offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Taiwan Selects Eleven Offshore Wind Projects

    30 April 2018
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has awarded grid capacity to eleven offshore wind projects under the first process of its kind in Taiwan.

  • 20 Banks Back Taiwanese Offshore Wind Farm, Financial Close Around Corner

    24 November 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Zhong Neng offshore wind project, a joint venture between Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and China Steel Corporation (CSC), has signed a project financing agreement with 20 banks and is expected to reach financial close shortly, CIP said. The 298 MW project is located next to CIP’s Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm which is […]

  • Highlights of the Month – February 2020

    2 March 2020

    We are bringing you a list of ten most-read articles on the site for the month of February. Haliade X-12 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Has Another Record-Breaking Day The HaliadeX-12 MW offshore wind turbine prototype in the Port of Rotterdam has set a new world record by being the first wind turbine ever to generate […]