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  • Japan’s MOL Sets Up Offshore Wind Division

    1 February 2021
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has announced that it will restructure the organisation as of 1 April and that it will establish a business division dedicated solely to offshore wind. As part of its restructuring and setting up several new business units and divisions, MOL is establishing the Wind Power Energy Business Division to expand […]

  • Greater Changhua 1&2a Onshore Works Moving Full Speed Ahead

    17 June 2020
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Construction of the onshore substations and transmission system for the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan is moving full speed ahead, according to Ørsted. Ørsted stated it is working with Star Energy Corporation (SEC), a subsidiary of EPC contractor Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation, to implement the highest Quality, Health, Safety and Environment […]

  • Ørsted Awards First Major Greater Changhua Contract

    12 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders

    Ørsted has awarded its Taiwanese partner Woen Jinn Harbour Engineering (WJ) with a contract for the inter-array cable installation at the Greater Changhua offshore wind projects.

  • Ørsted Sees Increased Risk of Delays on Two Offshore Wind Projects

    12 August 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted could face delays on two offshore wind projects due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The construction of offshore substation topsides for the two projects, the 1.4 GW Hornsea Project Two in the UK and the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a in Taiwan, was paused after the Singaporean shipyards where they […]

  • Ørsted Invests in Skills and Technological Upgrades in Taiwan

    11 January 2021
    Training & Education

    Ten Taiwanese companies that are planning to become offshore wind sub-suppliers have been awarded funds to upgrade their offshore wind technologies by Ørsted and the Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC), which is managing Ørsted’s Offshore Wind Industrial Development Fund (IDF) in Taiwan. The companies will now kick off their research and development for the […]

  • One Third of Greater Changhua Pin Piles Done

    13 October 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of jacket foundation pin piles has been completed for Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. The first 112 pin piles, around one third of the total needed for the 900 MW project, were made by Taiwanese suppliers Century Wind Power (CWP) and Formosa Heavy Industries (FHI), as […]

  • Offshore Installation Begins at TPC Changhua Wind Farm

    9 July 2020
    Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has begun the offshore installation activities at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan. The company installed the first 12 pin piles out of 44 in the first phase of the work using Heerema Marine Contractors’ vessel Aegir. Forty more pin piles will be shipped from the fabrication […]

  • First Taiwan-Flagged CSOV Completes Harsh Weather Trials

    14 February 2022
    Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Dong Fang Offshore (DFO), a subsidiary of Hung Hua Construction, has completed harsh weather demonstrations at the offshore substations of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a with the first Taiwan-flagged commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Orient Constructor. The trials, conducted in early January 2022, displayed the ability of the vessel to manage transfers during the […]

  • CTCI to Deliver Pin Piles for Changfang & Xidao OWF

    23 April 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    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. So far, this is the largest number of pin piles a single contractor in Taiwan will manufacture, according to CTCI. Production will start by […]

  • Ørsted Scrambles to Make Taiwanese Offshore Wind Projects Investable

    30 January 2019
    Authorities, Contracts & Tenders, Wind Farm Update

    The 900MW Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind projects will move forward, Ørsted said in response to the announced 6% Feed-in-Tariff reduction, but the final investment decision depends on the outcome of supply contract renegotiations and relevant project milestones being achieved in time to keep the projects on track for commissioning in 2021. Developers who sign their […]

  • TPC’s 109.2 MW Offshore Wind Farm in Full Array

    23 June 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    All 21 wind turbines have been installed at Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua Phase 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Jan De Nul reported on 23 June that the company completed the installation of all the Hitachi 5.2 MW turbines for the project and installed all subsea cables.  The 21st and final wind turbine was installed by the […]

  • Offshore Installation Starts at Ørsted’s 900 MW Wind Farm in Taiwan

    18 March 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    Ørsted said that the full-scale offshore construction activities at the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farms are moving full speed ahead after the developer secured all the permits and EIA approvals for the project. Ørsted will begin export and array cable laying, installation of the offshore substations and foundations in 2021, and […]

  • Jan De Nul Gets to Work in Taiwan

    5 October 2018
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul has kicked off the onshore cable installation activities for Taiwan Power Company’s Changhua offshore wind farm project.

  • TECO Signs Onshore Substation Contract for 1 GW+ Hai Long Offshore Wind Project

    18 November 2022
    Contracts & Tenders, Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    TECO Electric & Machinery has secured an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to construct an onshore substation for the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, TECO will construct an onshore substation in the Changhua Binhai Industrial Zone, Changhua County along with its equipment and onshore cables. Once completed, […]

  • Ørsted Revises Offshore Production Forecasts Downward

    29 October 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has revised its offshore wind production forecasts after concluding that the company’s current production forecasts underestimate the negative impact of the blockage effect and the wake effect. The blockage effect arises from the wind slowing down as it approaches the wind turbines. There is an individual blockage effect for every turbine position and a […]

  • Aegir Suffers Dropfall Incident Offshore Taiwan

    18 June 2020
    Vessels

    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 […]

  • Jan De Nul and Hitachi Team Up Offshore Changhua

    30 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Jan De Nul Group and Hitachi Ltd. have signed the contract with overall work for the manufacturing and installation of 21 5.2MW wind turbines for the Changhua offshore wind farm project in Taiwan.

  • CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering and CIP Sign Turbine Installation Contract

    20 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering, a joint venture between DEME Group and CSBC Corporation, has signed a contract with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to transport and install wind turbines for two offshore wind projects in Taiwan, according to local media reports. The contract was reportedly signed for the Changfang and the Xidao wind farms offshore Changhua. The two […]

  • Taiwan Delegation Visits Ormonde OWF During Offshore Wind Fact Finding Mission

    15 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    ODE, Northland Power and Yushan Energy jointly hosted a delegation of Civic Leaders and industrialists from Taiwan during their recent offshore wind fact finding mission to the UK.

  • JF Renewables, TÜV SÜD to Assist with Wind Farm Development Offshore Taiwan

    9 March 2023
    Business development, Contracts & Tenders, Research & Development

    James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables) has partnered with TÜV SÜD to provide engineering consultancy and project management services to Foxwell on the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Wind Farm Phase II (TPC Offshore Phase 2) in Changhua. The partners will act as impartial and independent mediator between Foxwell and the wind turbine original engineering manufacturer. The offshore […]

  • Crew Rescued as Offshore Wind Ship Develops List Off Taiwan

    23 August 2019
    Vessels

    Indonesia-flagged geotechnical survey vessel Patra Offshore suffered a heavy portside list while working on an offshore wind-related project off Changhua in Taiwan on Thursday, 22 August. The vessel tilted to about 40 degrees and was taking on water, according to Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration. 40 people who were on board the ship at the time […]

  • Taiwan: Proposed Wind Farm to Affect Sea Life

    19 March 2012
    Environment

      Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said that the proposed wind farm offshore Changhua County coast will affect white dolphin and migratory birds, reports Taiwan News. Fuhai Wind Power Co. plans to install 52 wind turbines around 10 km off the coast of Fangyuan, in water depths of up to 45 meters. The wind farm is […]

  • DONG Plans to Set Up 4 Offshore Wind Farms in Taiwan

    16 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    At an inauguration of its office today in Taipei, DONG Energy revealed its ambition to develop four offshore wind farms in the Changhua area in Taiwan. Taiwan has similar geographic conditions as Northern Europe, where the offshore wind developer currently has 3GW of offshore wind installed, and a solid regulatory framework in place which offers visibility for […]

  • Heerema and Safeway Team Up Offshore Taiwan

    21 December 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has awarded the Dutch offshore transfer equipment specialist Safeway with a contract to supply a Safeway Seagull type motion compensated gangway system for installation on the CSV Normand Baltic. This is Safeway’s first contract for HMC, and it is also the first time the Safeway Seagull system with 3D crane function […]

  • Seaway 7 Starts Installing Changfang & Xidao Inter-Array Cables

    4 May 2023
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    Installation of the inter-array cables started on the 589 MW Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners. According to the AIS data, Seaway 7’s cable-laying vessel Seaway Phoenix is on site located […]

  • Red Rock to Deliver Milestone Crane for Taiwan’s First SOV

    5 August 2020
    Vessels

    Red Rock has secured a contract to deliver the offshore crane for what will be Taiwan’s first service operation vessel (SOV). The SOV will be built by Vard in Vietnam and will be chartered by Ørsted for its Greater Changhua offshore wind project in Taiwan. Red Rock said that the contract represents a milestone as […]