Japanese manufacturer Hitachi will use the port of Changhua as an operations and maintenance base for the over 109MW Changhua offshore wind farm under development by Taiwan Power Company.
The decision follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Changhua County government to use the port and its facilities.
A consortium of Jan De Nul and Hitachi were awarded a turnkey contract in April to build the Changhua demonstration project.
The wind farm will feature 21 Hitachi 5.2MW turbines, backed by a five-year service deal.
Hitachi will start manufacturing the turbines in 2019 until early 2020, with installation of jacket foundations by Jan De Nul also in early 2020. Turbine installation will follow with commissioning taking place between the summer at the end of December that year.
Jan De Nul and Hitachi have been conducting seabed surveys and geotechnical investigations since May 2018 in the waters where the wind turbines will be installed.
Work on the O&M base will start next year and be completed by mid-2020, for the start of servicing in September that year.
Source:renews
