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China’s HHI seals jack-up vessel

deal for 20-MW wind turbines

CHINA CHINA’S Huadian Heavy Industries (HHI) has of “high-end, efficient, low-cost” offshore wind
signed a charter agreement for a jack-up vessel installation vessels capable of handling wind tur-
that will be able to install wind turbines of up to bines of up to 20 MW for international projects.
20 MW. With the signing of the agreement in April
HHI told the Shanghai Stock Exchange that last year, CIMC Raffles started building the first
the vessel to be leased for three years is called in the series of these vessels.
Huadian Boqiang CIMC Julong 01. “The flagship 3060 jack-up, which features
The vessel, currently under construction at 120-metre-long legs, making it able to work in
CIMC Raffles Yantai shipyard and expected to be water depths down to 65 metres, is slated to be
delivered in 2023, has been leased from Boqiang delivered in the first quarter of 2023 from CIMC
Heavy Industry Group for three years for a total Raffles, a portside construction yard historically
of CNY648mn ($100mn), with an option for the used to build offshore oil & gas platforms and
extension of the charter agreement. vessels”, CIMC Raffles said in April 2021.
HHI is one of China’s largest offshore wind The Chinese shipbuilder is currently busy
EPCI contractors. with one more vessel set to handle wind turbines
The contract comes a little less than a year after of up to 20 MW as the Dutch offshore construc-
HHI, Boqiang Heavy Industry Group and Yantai tion company Van Oord ordered a new jack-up
CIMC Raffles Offshore Engineering signed an in October 2021.
agreement for the “3060 Series Offshore Wind The jack-up to be built for Van Oord will be
Power Installation Vessel (3060 WTIV) Plan”, a able to run on methanol, which will reduce the
project revolving around development of series vessel’s CO2 footprint by more than 78%.™

Tajikistan to export 5bn kWh of

electricity to Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN TAJIKISTAN will export 5bn kWh of electricity Uzbekistan will supply 2bn kWh of electricity to
under an agreement signed with Afghanistan, Afghanistan,” Samangani said.
Interfax news agency reported, citing Taliban The annual value of the electricity imports
deputy spokesman Inamulla Samangani. will amount to $69mn and $100mn respectively.
“Under the new agreements signed between Tajikistan exported electricity worth $94mn
Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Tajik- in the first 11 months of 2021, doubling its elec-
istan will supply 1.5bn kWh of electricity and tricity exports compared to 202o.™

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