108 Pin Piles, Second Offshore Substation Jacket Installed at Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm

August 19, 2024, by Adrijana Buljan

The three-phased Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan has reached several key offshore construction milestones over the past few months, including the installation of the jacket foundation for the offshore substation at Hai Long 3.

There are now also 108 pin piles installed at 36 wind turbine locations, out of a total of 73 turbine locations. The installation of pin piles for the project’s jacket foundations started in the spring of this year, with the new installation vessel Green Jade, owned by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE), carrying out the work.

The offshore substation at the Hai Long 2 phase is already installed, after Green Jade placed the topside on the jacket foundation in May 2024.

The latest progress details were shared by Tim Kittelhake, CEO of the Hai Long Project, who was cited in a press release issued by Northland Power announcing the launch of production at Siemens Gamesa’s expanded nacelle assembly facility in Taichung, which the Hai Long consortium hailed as another significant milestone for the project.

The installation of the 73 Siemens Gamesa’s 14 MW wind turbines is expected to start in the second quarter of next year.

The Hai Long consortium, comprising Northland Power, Mitsui & Co. and Gentari, plans to complete the construction of Hai Long 2 by the end of this year and Hai Long 3 by 2026.

The pin piles for the Hai Long 2a part of the project are being delivered by CSBC while EEW is delivering 156 pin piles for Hai Long 2b and Hai Long 3.