Danish renewables large Orsted has introduced on-line a duo of offshore wind farms in Taiwan that it claims are collectively the most important within the Asia Pacific.
With 900MW mixed capability, the 605MW Changhua 1 and 295MW 2a offshore wind farms at the moment are totally operational and linked to the grid, stated Orsted.
The developer stated their inauguration on Thursday is a “main milestone” and the wind farms have doubled Taiwan’s offshore wind capability.
“It took us eight years to show the phrases ‘vitality transition’ in our coverage papers into precise wind farms in operation,” stated Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, who attended an inauguration ceremony.
“Taiwan now has [the] Asia-Pacific’s largest offshore wind farm and our personal offshore wind provide chain.”
Mads Nipper, CEO of Orsted, stated Better Changhua 1 and 2a are our “first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farms outdoors of Europe.”
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“They’re additionally Taiwan’s first utility-scale far-shore wind farms and the most important of their form in APAC, reaffirming Taiwan because the frontrunner within the area.”
Though described as the most important wind improvement within the Asia Pacific, the 2 Changhua developments seem to fall simply wanting this title. The Guangdong Shanwei Jiazi 1 & 2 wind farms in China have been introduced on-line in 2022 and collectively boast 903MW of capability. Orsted was contacted for remark to make clear its declare.
Orsted started development in 2021 and just lately introduced the profitable set up of all 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind generators, which at the moment are supplying renewable vitality to Taiwan’s electrical energy grid.
Better Changhua 1 is co-owned by Orsted (50%) and Mercury Taiwan Holdings, a consortium of CDPQ, a worldwide funding group, and Cathay PE, with a mixed possession stake of fifty%. Better Changhua 2a is 100% owned by Orsted.
These two wind farms are a part of the Orsted’s Better Changhua offshore wind zone, which additionally contains Better Changhua 2b, Better Changhua 3, and Better Changhua 4, that are all at numerous phases of improvement.
The zone has a mixed capability of roughly 2.4GW, stated Orsted.
