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Delta as part of a wider crackdown on energy- policy planner, the National Development and Orsted, we were able to devise win-win
intensive industries, the provincial regulator Reform Commission, on Aug. 17, in which solutions to work around the constraints
Guangdong Development and Reform it alerted 10 provinces and regions that they caused by the pandemic to ensure the safe
Commission said in a notice September 26. had failed to meet the government’s energy completion of the project.
The move by one of China’s most consumption and carbon emission control “This is the seventh major project
industrialised provinces underscores the targets in the first half of 2021. The 10 were completed by Keppel O&M this year and
pace of power sector decarbonisation in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Yunnan, Fujian, Shaanxi, is testament to our engineering expertise,
the country and is likely one of the first Guangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and execution excellence and how we have
crackdowns of its kind on the blanket Hubei. adapted our operations to manage the
construction and expansion of coal-fired challenges posed by Covid-19.
capacity by a major province, S&P Global “Keppel O&M’s pivot to renewables
Platts reported. has gained traction, with S$1.3bn worth of
It also comes at a time when several WIND offshore wind projects secured over the past
Chinese provinces have imposed electricity three years.
rationing in critical sectors in recent weeks Keppel finishes “We have the capabilities to develop
due to efforts to conserve fuel stocks ahead of solutions across the value chain of offshore
the critical winter heating season and record construction of substations renewables as well as undertake the R&D
high coal prices in international markets. The of other decarbonisation solutions such as
power shortages have rekindled debate about at Greater Changhua 1&2a hydrogen, ammonia, and electrification.
the need for coal-fired capacity and balancing “This is in line with Keppel’s Vision 2030,
it with decarbonisation efforts. Singapore company Keppel Offshore & which has put sustainability at the core of the
Guangdong also introduced a new round Marine has completed the construction of Company’s strategy.”
of power rationing for industrial users, cutting two offshore substations for Orsted which will KEPPEL
supply to four or five days a week, although be deployed at the Greater Changhua 1&2a
the deputy director of Guangdong Energy offshore wind farms off Taiwan.
Bureau said this is not related to the dual The topside modules, which have a GRID
control targets, according to a GDRC report combined weight of more than 8000 tonnes,
Sept. 27. are expected to sail away in late October to be SunCable aims to link
The GDRC’s policy, if implemented, could integrated with the jacket foundations on site
lead to a significant shift toward alternative standing in the Taiwan Straits. Australia and Singapore
fuels like renewables and gas-fired power Keppel O&M completed the construction
generation in one of China’s largest gas-fired of the jacket foundations (pictured) earlier Singapore may be drawing up to 15% of its
power producing provinces. in the second quarter of 2021 and will be electricity from solar power generated in
Under the new policy measures, the GDRC undertaking the integration work for the Australia by 2027, if a scheme by renewables
said it would curb the development of projects offshore substations. specialist Sun Cable comes to fruition.
that use large amounts of energy and have Keppel O&M chief executive Chris Ong The company aims to build vast solar farms
high carbon emissions, and closely monitor said: “We are pleased to support Orsted’s first in Northern Australia, which it describes
the operations of energy-intensive enterprises. full-scale offshore wind project in Asia with as “one of the most reliably sunny places on
The notice was released after the province two major offshore substations. Earth”. This power will then be supplied to
was issued a warning by the country’s top “Working in close collaboration with Indonesia and Singapore by a 4,200km-long

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