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Mammoet-Giant transports
offshore wind jackets for
assembly in Taiwan
CHINA A joint venture between Netherlands-based County, the first large-scale and far-shore off-
Mammoet and Taiwanese company Giant Heavy shore wind farms in Taiwan are scheduled to be
Machinery Services, called Mammoet-Giant, finalised by 2022 and will provide clean energy
has transported offshore wind jackets for assem- to 1mn households.
bly in Taiwan. The upper and lower jackets sat on top of
The jackets will be used on the Greater custom support saddles designed by Mam-
Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms being moet-Giant engineers, which were used on
built some 35-60 km off the coast of Taiwan’s self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs)
Changhua County. They are part of Taiwan’s to transport upper and lower pieces between
transition towards renewable energy use. assembly stations. As part of this project, Mam-
Mammoet-Giant has supported construction moet’s PTC210-DS ring crane was deployed for
of the wind farms by providing a range of engi- the first time to Taiwan.
neering and design services, as well as assisting The upper jackets, weighing 270 tonnes, were
with the transport and integration of the jack- transported around 100 metres from the storage
ets, ready for load-out. Jacket foundations for area to the PTC crane, where they were erected
the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind so that the transition pieces could be fitted. A
farms comprise upper and lower jackets. Mam- 750-tonne crawler crane was used for the upend-
moet-Giant designed temporary lifting lugs ing operation. The lower jackets, weighing 600
which were fitted to both upper and lower jacket tonnes, were then transported to the ring crane’s
sections as they rolled off the production line. location and erected in the same way.
Ørsted is developing four offshore wind sites Then the upper jackets, fitted with transition
within the Greater Changhua site off Taiwan. pieces, were then lifted by the PTC and mounted
With a potential 2.4 GW of capacity, the sites on the lower jackets. Finally, the completed
are expected to be capable of powering 2.8mn jacket structures were lowered onto the SPMT/
homes in Taiwan. saddle combinations for transport to a storage
Located 35-60 km off the coast of Changhua area at the facility.
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