Installation restarted at the 640 MW Offshore wind project off the coast of Taiwan

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Skyborn Renewables has announced that installation has restarted at the 640 MW Yunlin project located in the Taiwan Strait approximately 8 km west of the coast of Yunlin County in Taiwan. 

The wind Farm is developed by Yunneng Wind Power Co., Ltd., a joint project company involving Skyborn Renewables, TotalEnergies, Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) and Sojitz Corporation.

The project, developed in two phases (352 MW and 288 MW, respectively), comprises 80 Siemens wind turbines with an 8 MW capacity each. It features a 170 km of 66 kV submarine cable and 71 monopile foundations. It generates 1.1 TWh of power a year. The facility will generate enough clean energy to serve the energy needs of more than 600,000 Taiwanese households.

All installations of monopile foundations, inner array grid and wind turbine generators will be completed during 2024.

 

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