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Ørsted begins offshore installation

at Greater Changhua 1 & 2a

TAIWAN ØRSTED plans to begin full construction work Christy Wang, Ørsted Taiwan general man-
at the 900-MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a off- ager, said: “After nearly 1,800 days of relentless
shore wind farms in Taiwan in 2021. hard work, we’re now ready to commence all off-
It will lay export and array cables and install shore installation. This isn’t an easy task, espe-
the offshore substations and foundations in 2021 cially with the challenges of the [coronavirus]
and will proceed with wind turbine installation COVID-19 pandemic.”
in 2022, the company said. Offshore construction will be supported by a
Located 35-60 km off the coast of Changhua wide range of marine engineering, vessels sup-
County, the first large-scale and far-shore off- pliers and personnel.
shore wind farms in Taiwan are scheduled to be It is estimated that during peak times, there
finalised by 2022 and will provide clean energy will be more than 25 vessels mobilised, includ-
to 1 mn households. ing crew transfer vessels, installation and sup-
Ørsted has already started horizontal direc- port vessels, service operation vessels and guard
tional drilling (HDD) to prepare for cable laying vessels, as well as 500-800 people working at sea.
and scour protection works to prepare the sea- Ørsted is developing four offshore wind sites
bed for foundation installation. within the Greater Changhua site off Taiwan.
It has also completed building work at the With a potential 2.4 GW of capacity, the sites
two onshore substation main buildings and the are expected to be capable of powering 2.8mn
upgrade work of the hinterland at wharves 36 homes in Taiwan.
and 37 at the Port of Taichung. It is also the co-owner of Taiwan’s first com-
Matthias Bausenwein, president of Ørsted mercial-scale offshore wind project, Formosa 1,
Asia-Pacific, says: “Ørsted has been commit- which will be extended from its current 8-MW
ted since day one to helping Taiwan build first capacity to 128 MW in 2019.
world-class offshore wind farms to provide clean In Japan, Ørsted has teamed up with TEPCO
energy and contribute to its energy transition to win rights to offshore wind capacity in the
goal. The commencement of offshore installa- Choshi city offshore area. It is Ørsted’s first in
tion of the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore Japan, and builds on the company’s large-scale
wind farms signifies a landmark step towards offshore wind development projects in Europe,
achieving that goal of making Taiwan greener.” the US and Taiwan. ™

OWC gains engineering contract for

300-MW Sinan offshore wind farm

SOUTH KOREA SOUTH Korea’s Saman Corp. has hired renew- OWC will deliver owners’ engineering ser-
ables consultancy OWC to provide engineering vices, including a review of site conditions;
services at the South Korean 300-MW Sinan off- contract support for detail engineering, EPC
shore wind farm project. contract, O&M, supervision, marine war-
The Sinan offshore wind farm project is a ranty services and other contracts; review and
300-MW Phase 1 project at Jeonnam Sinan Jae- approval of engineering reports; support the
un-do, West Sea. licence approval process, and provide technical
It is part of the development area recently advisory services. OWC has not disclosed the
announced by President Moon Jae’s administra- value of the contract.
tion – an 8.2-GW offshore wind farm complex OWC and Saman have also been working on
in Jeonnam Province intended for completion Korea South-East Power Co’s (KOEN) Jeonnam
by the year 2030. Wando Geumil OWF project.
“OWC are very excited to bring our exper- These two projects are the country’s first
tise to this project, one of the first large-scale large-scale offshore wind farm projects with over
offshore wind projects in South Korea. OWC 100 MW of capacity.
was involved with 44 offshore wind farms with Saman and OWC will conduct the work on
a total capacity of 37 GW in 2020 alone,” said behalf of operators KOEN and POSCO Energy.
Tom Whittle, OWC’s director for the Asia-Pa- South Korea plans gradually to diversify its
cific region. energy mix by using more sustainable sources,

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