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A couple of days after securing a marine warranty job on a Vietnamese project, and on top of the recently won contracts for offshore wind farms in China and Taiwan, LOC Group informed it was also awarded a contract for the Zhanjiang Wailuo II and X offshore wind farms in China. Under the contract, which […]
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South Korean cable manufacturer LS Cable & System has shipped off the first batch of submarine power cables for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This is also the company’s first shipment of submarine cables for an offshore wind project in Taiwan. Last year, LS C&S won the right to supply all the high-voltage […]
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Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir has experienced a dropfall incident off the coast of Taiwan. The incident occurred on 15 June at 16:42 local time. No one was injured and no environmental impact was reported, only the piling frame and pin pile suffered minimal damage, Heerema said. The exact cause is yet […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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DNV GL has signed a contract with Sing Da Marine Structure (SDMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Steel Corporation (CSC), to provide support for jacket foundation manufacturing for offshore wind projects in Taiwan. DNV GL will provide SDMS with risk mitigation advice around technical, logistical, and quality during its jacket fabrication process. The deal also […]
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Heerema Marine Contractors’ (HMC) heavy lift vessel Aegir is set to start working on the Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan in the coming weeks. Aegir is currently in Taiwan making final preparations to begin the installation of 21 jacket foundations at the site some 8km off the coast of Changhua county. According to HMC, this […]
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Contracts & Tenders, Technology, Wind Farm Update
Hai Long Offshore Wind intends to use Siemens Gamesa’s new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine at the upcoming 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The deployment of the new turbine for the rest of the 1,044 MW Hai Long pipeline is also being considered, Siemens Gamesa said. The exact number of units […]
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Longitude Engineering, part of LOC Group, has provided the concept and basic design services for Woen Jinn Harbor Engineering’s new DP2 cable-laying vessel that will service the Taiwanese offshore wind market. Longitude Engineering also provided construction specifications for yard engagement and procurement activities. The DP2 oceangoing vessel design, with a focus on cable operations in […]
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Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics
Siemens Gamesa plans to expand its nacelle assembly facility in Taichung to form a regional offshore wind nacelle industrial hub together with Taiwan-based suppliers. The first project to be supported by the broader manufacturing plant will be the 300 MW Hai Long 2 project, the turbine manufacturer said. The expansion is subject to certain conditions […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update
The first pin piles fabricated in South Korea for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration have been loaded out for transport to Taiwan. As previously reported, Edgen Murray, in collaboration with South Korea’s SeAH, completed the manufacturing of 80 pin piles for the project, also known as Changhua Phase 1, […]
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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. The company will deliver 186 pin piles for the wind farm’s 62 jacket foundations. So far, this is the largest number of pin piles […]
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Vard has signed a contract with Ta San Shang Marine for the design and construction of the first Service Operation Vessel (SOV) in Taiwan.
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Contracts & Tenders, Vessels
Ørsted has signed a 15-year charter contract with Ta San Shang Marine for a service operation vessel (SOV). The contract will see the shipping company building the first Taiwan-flagged SOV in the world.
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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 […]
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Ørsted has signed a contract with Trelleborg for the provision of four integrated cable protection systems for the 1.4GW Hornsea Two offshore wind farm.
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Van Oord has reported a revenue of EUR 571 million in its offshore wind business unit in 2019, a 23.6% decrease compared to the EUR 706 million in 2018. Van Oord states that this decrease in offshore wind activities was driven by the smaller number and size of projects currently under construction. Overall in 2019, […]
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Irish offshore engineering company, Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd. (GDG), has won a contract to provide geotechnical and geophysical Owners Engineering services for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Hai Long 2 and 3 projects have consent for up to 1044MW of renewable electricity and are in advanced development stages. According to […]
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Siemens Gamesa has broken ground on a nacelle assembly facility in Taichung Harbor, Taiwan. Back in February, Siemens Gamesa signed a contract with Chung Lu Construction Co. for the land preparation and the construction of the nacelle assembly facility. Chung Lu has now begun the work on the site, on track for the start of […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics
Ørsted has signed a wharf lease and a 20-year operations and maintenance (O&M) lease with the Port of Taichung in Taiwan. The leased wharfs will be upgraded and utilized for the construction of the Greater Changhua offshore wind farms, and the O&M site will serve as the O&M base for Ørsted‘s Changhua offshore wind farms […]
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Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised on the project financing of the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind projects in Taiwan.
