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Palfinger Marine today informed it had entered the Asian offshore wind crane market for the first time with two PF 8000 fixed boom type platform cranes delivered to Taiwanese company Fortune Electric Co., Ltd. The cranes will be mounted on transition pieces in the building yard in Shanghai and then delivered to Taiwan, where they will […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Vessels, Wind Farm Update
A2SEA is currently planning the installation of two foundations and two Siemens 4MW turbines on the Taiwanese project Formosa 1, scheduled to start in June 2016. The foundations and turbines will be installed by M/V Torben, formerly known as Friedrich Ernestine. A2SEA is operating the vessel under a bareboat charter with a team of A2SEA crew. […]
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By 2035, Taiwan will become the largest offshore wind market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region after China, with 15 GW of capacity estimated to be added by that time, according to GlobalData. “Taiwan offshore wind market is poised to witness multifold expansion to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel generation and build a cleaner sustainable […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Vessels
Siemens Gamesa has inaugurated the world’s first Service Accommodation Transfer Vessel (SATV) in Taiwan. The 35-metre Ventus Formosa will operate from Taichung. The vessel will support Siemens Gamesa’s full service agreement for the Formosa 1 offshore wind project. Penguin International built the SATV at its shipyard in Singapore and delivered it at the beginning of […]
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UK-based Tekmar Energy Limited has secured two contracts within Taiwan for the supply of its TEKLINK® cable protection system and associated accessories. The combined value of the two contracts is circa GBP 4 million. Further details on the contracts will be provided in due course, Tekmar said. The two contract awards have come in addition to Tekmar’s earlier […]
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The self-propelled jack-up Seajacks Zaratan has arrived in Taichung, Taiwan, where the vessel will transport and install wind turbines on the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm. Zaratan will install all 20 Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 turbines on the wind farm in the Taiwan Strait in what is the first renewables contract for Seajacks outside Europe. The turbine components have already […]
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Danish engineering consulting group COWI has opened a branch office in Taipei to accommodate ongoing and recently won offshore wind projects in Taiwan, and to grow its wind business in the region. “The appetite for wind energy and more specifically offshore wind farms has been increasing exponentially especially in East and South East Asia,” Jan Rønberg, COWI’s Senior […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
SMC has completed a full inspection of Seajacks’ self-propelled jack-up vessel, Zaratan, ahead of its deployment to Taiwan in the coming weeks. Seajacks Zaratan will be utilised as an installation vessel in the coming months for construction of the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm. The installation works are scheduled to start in the second […]
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
The self-propelled jack-up Seajacks Zaratan is on its way to Vlissingen in the Netherlands to undergo mobilisation in preparation for the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan. Seajacks Zaratan will install all 20 Siemens Gamesa SWT-6.0-154 wind turbines on the 120MW wind farm in the Taiwan Strait. This is the first renewables contract for […]
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Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance
Australia-headquartered Neptune and the Taiwanese subsea services company Global Aqua have formed a partnership to jointly work on offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Jan De Nul has won a contract for the design, procurement and installation of the wind turbine foundations for the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan.
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Nine developers looking to build offshore wind farms in Taiwan have qualified for offshore environmental permits. These developers, offering 10.5GW of offshore wind capacity in total, will now compete for 5.5GW of offshore wind contracts, 3.5GW to be selected for the feed-in-tariff (FIT) and the rest to be awarded at an auction in May.
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Vessels, Wind Farm Update
Seajacks Japan LLC has been awarded a contract with Kajima Corporation to transport and install the wind turbines at the Akita Port and Noshiro Port offshore wind farms in Japanese waters. Seajacks Japan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the UK-based Seajacks International, will in total transport and install 33 MHI Vestas V117 – 4.2 MW wind […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance
South Korean autonomous drone solutions provider Nearthlab has completed a turbine inspection at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm offshore Taiwan. In partnership with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Formosa I Wind Power, Nearthlab performed the inspection on the wind farm’s Siemens Gamesa 6 MW wind turbines. Drone inspection has become a favorable option […]
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Sapura Energy Berhad has installed the first of the 80 monopiles at the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. The installation of the first monopile marks the official start of the project’s offshore construction phase. The contract to transport and install the wind turbine foundations at Yunlin is the Malaysian oil and gas specialist’s […]
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Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann has signed a contract with Seaway 7 for an offshore wind project in Taiwan due to start in 2021. This contract marks Ampelmann’s first foray into Taiwan’s offshore wind market, and it is also the first time an Ampelmann system will be deployed for an offshore wind job in Asia. […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels
Wpd, the developer of the Taiwanese Yunlin offshore wind farm, has awarded CWind Taiwan with a contract for a crew transfer vessel (CTV) which will support the project’s two-year construction phase. The vessel operator will deploy CWind Phantom for crew transfer during construction works. The 27-metre CTV, built in 2015 and officially named in 2017, […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
Wpd has signed several supply agreements for the 350 MW Guanyin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. MHI Vestas will supply 36 of its V164-type wind turbines, for which CS Wind Taiwan will manufacture the towers. Fred. Olsen Windcarrier will be in charge of the wind turbine installation. Taiwanese companies Formosa Heavy Industries and CTCI Machinery […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Siemens Gamesa has contracted FairWind for turbine pre-assembly work for the Borssele 1+2 offshore wind project in the Netherlands and the Yunlin project in Taiwan. The work for Borssele will take place at the Port of Esbjerg in Denmark, with pre-assembly of 94 Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD towers planned to begin at the start of […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection
Correll Services has secured a contract with Jan De Nul for subsea and land cable termination and testing work on the Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. Correll Services is in charge of providing project documentation, procurement of HV & FO hardware materials, as well as export cable (HV & FO) jointing at the transition […]
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CWind Taiwan has equipped its crew transfer vessels (CTVs) with a remote monitoring system called BareFLEET that will, according to CWind, significantly reduce maintenance costs. Tom Manning, Deputy General Manager, CWind Taiwan, said: “Following the highly successful rollout of BareFLEET across our European fleet, we’re delighted to extend the use of the system to our […]
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Waves Group is currently providing marine warranty surveyor services at the Formosa 1 Phase 2 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The UK-based company is in charge of providing the marine warranty surveyor services for the installation of turbines, foundations, and infield and export cables. According to Waves Group, the contract began in October last year and will […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update
UK-based cable protection specialist Tekmar Energy has received an order from Jan De Nul to provide its patented Tekmar Cable Protection System (CPS) TekLink® Mechanical Latch for the Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Changhua is the second wind farm to be installed in Taiwan located along the West Coast with construction activity starting offshore […]
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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 […]
