All Pin Piles In Place at Changfang & Xidao Wind Farm Offshore Taiwan

May 12, 2023, by Adnan Memija

All pin piles have been installed at the Changfang & Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farms in Taiwan, according to an update shared on social media by Dennis Sanou, CEO of the Changfang & Xidao Projects at Copenhagen Offshore Partners.

The Taiwanese company CTCI Machinery Corporation (CTCI MAC) manufactured a total of 117 out of 186 pin piles for the Changfang & Xidao offshore wind project.

Following the delivery of the first pin piles, Boskalis’s crane vessel Bokalift 1 installed them in early July 2021 and completed the campaign by mid-August that same year, and moved onto the installation of three-legged jacket foundations.

The remaining 69 pin piles were delivered by Century Wind Power which is also responsible for the delivery of the jackets, together with Bladt Industries.

Boskalis is responsible for the transportation and installation of the wind farm’s 62 jacket foundations and the 186 accompanying pin piles. The Dutch company is carrying out the work in a joint venture with Taiwan’s Hwa Chi Construction Co.

According to Sanou, there are still 50 jacket foundations left to be installed on the offshore construction site.

The 589 MW Changfang & Xidao wind farm will comprise 62 Vestas V174-9.5 MW wind turbines, the first of which was installed in July of last year.

The offshore wind project – owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), which holds the majority stake, and by two local life insurance companies, Taiwan Life Insurance, and TransGlobe Life Insurance –is scheduled to be commissioned in early 2024.