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  • Yunlin Offshore Wind Project Achieves Financial Close

    30 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind developer wpd AG has reached financial close on the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. The Yunlin project is 73% owned by wpd and 27% owned by a Sojitz Corp-led consortium which includes Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc., Chudenko Corporation, Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc., and JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation. […]

  • Natural Power Reveals Yunlin Advisory Role

    15 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has acted as technical advisor to a consortium of Japanese investors for the agreement to acquire a 27% stake in the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Starwind Offshore GmbH, a German holding company established jointly between the Japanese companies Sojitz; JXTG Nippon Oil […]

  • Japanese Investors to Acquire Stake in Yunlin Offshore Wind Project

    5 April 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    German offshore wind developer wpd has signed a share purchase agreement with Starwind Offshore GmbH to sell a 27% stake in the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. Starwind Offshore GmbH is a German holding company established jointly between the Japanese companies Sojitz; JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation; The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and Chudenko […]

  • LS Cable & System Sends First Offshore Wind Cables to Taiwan

    22 June 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    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 […]

  • Pentagon Assurance Secures Yunlin Contract

    27 May 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Risk management and compliance specialist Pentagon Assurance has won a contract to provide quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) services in relation to subsea trenching work for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The project will see the South Shields firm providing QHSE advice and support safety, and reduce risk and costs associated with […]

  • Deutsche Windtechnik Moves to Taiwan, Secures Yunlin Contract

    5 November 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Germany-based Deutsche Windtechnik is establishing a new regional unit in Taiwan after securing a contract to provide services to wpd AG on the Yunlin offshore wind project.

  • CWind Taiwan’s New CTV Tandem Starts Working at Yunlin OWF

    10 November 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    CWind Taiwan’s two new crew transfer vessels (CTVs) Phenom and Phoenix have commenced work on their first project in Taiwan, the company reported via social media. The 12-pax CTVs are supporting Siemens Gamesa during construction work on the Yunlin offshore wind farm. “They are the first in country to obtain the passenger ship safety certificate. […]

  • Corrosion BV to Take Care of Yunlin Foundations

    9 September 2019
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    Dutch-based Corrosion BV has won a contract to provide corrosion protection systems for the wind turbine foundations on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Corrosion will deliver Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP) systems for the wind farm’s 80 monopile foundations. The systems will protect the foundations both externally and internally. The first units are expected […]

  • 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.

  • SMC to Assist Siemens Gamesa at Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    6 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has secured a contract to provide marine supervision services to Siemens Gamesa for the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. SMC said it will be working with ATLAS, its proprietary marine management software solution, to ensure the delivery of services throughout the project. The company previously collaborated with Siemens Gamesa at the […]

  • NPCC Replaces Sapura Energy on Taiwanese Offshore Wind Project

    18 April 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The Abu Dhabi-based National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) has won a contract to install the remaining monopiles on the 640 MW Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan some two and a half months after Sapura Energy decided to leave the project mid-construction. The contract was awarded to NPCC by Yunneng Wind Power and is valued at […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Adds Seajacks Zaratan to Yunlin Fleet

    12 May 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract with Seajacks UK Limited for the Seajacks Zaratan to provide transportation and installation of wind turbines at the Yunlin wind farm offshore Taiwan. The contract will start in the second quarter of 2023 and has a duration of between 153 and 184 days, Eneti, the parent company of Seajacks […]

  • GRS Wins Yunlin Contract, Opens Taipei Office

    11 September 2019
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Global Renewables Shipbrokers (GRS) has won a contract to procure offshore transport and installation services for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. GRS is in charge of selecting and contracting all service providers for the transport of foundations from Europe to Taiwan, as well as the subsequent installation at the offshore project site. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • Steelwind Nordenham Goes Beyond XXL Realm with Yunlin Monopile Order

    14 June 2019
    Wind Farm Update

    German offshore foundations manufacturer Steelwind Nordenham has received an order to provide monopiles and monopile sections for the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Following its selection as the preferred supplier in December 2018, Steelwind Nordenham received the firm order from YunNeng/wpd-Taiwan at the end of May 2019. The order includes the supply of […]

  • Fred. Olsen Windcarrier Secures Three New Offshore Wind Contracts

    28 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Vessels

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier has signed three new wind turbine transport and installation contracts with a combined value of up to EUR 124 million. Signed over the last two months, the contracts are linked to work in 2022-2024 in both Europe and APAC regions and will, combined, cover up to 630 vessel days. According to Fred. […]

  • White & Case Takes Advisor Role in Yunlin Financing

    19 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Law firm White & Case LLP has advised the export credit agencies (ECAs) and the syndicate of commercial banks on the financing of the Yunlin offshore wind project in Taiwan. A financing group comprising 19 banks and three ECAs from Denmark (EKF), Germany (Euler Hermes) and the Netherlands (Atradius) closed the EUR 2.7 billion (NTD […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Awards First Local Supply Contracts in Taiwan

    3 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has awarded the first local supply contracts for Ørsted’s Formosa 1 Phase 2 and wpd’s Yunlin offshore wind projects in Taiwan.

  • Fred. Olsen Opens Taiwan Office

    11 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Ocean has opened a branch office in Taipei, Taiwan, to support the offshore wind business in the Asia Pacific region. The companies represented by the new office include Fred. Olsen Windcarrier AS, Global Wind Service AS and Universal Foundation AS. According to the company, the new office is located at the center of […]

  • Smulders Set to Send Off Last TPs for Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm

    1 September 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Smulders has completed the fabrication of transition pieces (TPs) for the Taiwanese Yunlin offshore wind project. The company loaded out the last two of the total 40 TPs on 31 August, thus marking the final step in its part of the project. Currently, the final batch of nine transition pieces is standing ready at the […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Contracts FairWind for Turbine Pre-Assembly

    9 December 2019
    Contracts & Tenders

    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 […]

  • SMC to Carry Out Foundation Inspection at Ørsted’s German, UK OWFs

    24 June 2020
    Operations & Maintenance

    Specialist Marine Consultants (SMC) has been awarded two contracts by Ørsted for above-water structural inspection of the wind turbine foundations at the developer’s offshore wind farms in Germany and the UK. Ørsted has four operational offshore wind farms in Germany and eleven in the UK. SMC has not disclosed which, if not all, projects will […]

  • 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 […]

  • All Good at Hai Long Project, Partners Say as Question Marks Arise Amid Yunlin Issues

    19 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    Hai Long Offshore Wind, a consortium comprising Northland Power, Yushan Energy, and Japan’s Mitsui & Co., says it is actively working towards reaching the financial close, with a majority of the project financing to be provided by international financial institutions, in addition to the shareholders’ own funds, while the remainder is expected to be loaned […]

  • Brave Tern Gets Another Offshore Wind Job in Taiwan

    26 August 2020
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fred. Olsen Windcarrier is planning to use its jack-up vessel Brave Tern for the transport and installation of turbines at the Guanyin offshore wind project in Taiwan. As reported earlier, Fred. Olsen Windcarrier secured a conditional contract with Liwei Wind Power, owned by wpd, for the transport and installation of 36 MHI Vestas V164-9,722MW turbines […]

  • Subsea 7 Nets Another Offshore Wind Contract in Taiwan

    16 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has secured a contract for the installation of the submarine cable system at an undisclosed offshore wind project in Taiwan. Project engineering will commence immediately at Seaway 7’s offices in Leer, Germany, and in Taipei, Taiwan, while the offshore activities are expected to commence in 2023. The contract is subject to a final investment […]