In November 2023, Skyborn Renewables said Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, in cooperation with Shimizu, would be responsible for the transportation and installation of monopile foundations in 2024.
Major offshore construction work at the Yunlin offshore wind farm started in December 2020 with the installation of the first monopile and the first of the project’s 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed in April 2021.
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Once completed, the 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm will power over 600,000 Taiwanese households. The project is already producing electricity and has fed over 1.1 TWh of renewable energy into the grid, according to Skyborn Renewables.
The 640 MW Yunlin project is owned by the Yunneng Wind Power consortium which comprises Skyborn Renewables (25 per cent), TotalEnergies (23 per cent), EGCO Group (25 per cent), and a Sojitz Corp-led consortium (27 per cent) which also includes Chugoku Electric Power, Chudenko Corporation, Shikoku Electric Power, and JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation.
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