Van Oord to work on 900 MW offshore wind project in Taiwan
Van Oord has been awarded the contract by Ørsted for the cable installation works at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms. The wind farms are located between 35 and 60 kilometres off the west coast of Changhua County, Taiwan. Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms will supply sustainable energy to approximately 1 million households per year.
Greater Changhua 1 project has 605 MW capacity and Greater Changhua 2 project - 295 MW capacity. The facilities feature SG 8.0-167 DD offshore wind turbines. The 167-meter diameter rotor of the turbine has a swept area of 21,900 m2, and utilizes the SGRE B81 blades, each measuring 81.4 meters.
Van Oord will be responsible for the transportation, installation and burial of the 111 inter array cables, with a total length of approximately 135 kilometres, and the 3 export cables, with a total of approximately 145 kilometres. To carry out the work, Van Oord will deploy its cable-laying vessel Nexus, equipped with a cable carousel with a capacity of 5,000 tonnes. Van Oord’s own trencher Dig-It will bury the cables to the required depth. The installation work starts in 2021.
The 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms will be the first cable project in Taiwan for Van Oord.
Once operational in 2022, the windfarms will contribute significantly to the Taiwanese government’s target of 5.7 GW offshore wind by 2025.
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