Van Oord has been contracted by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners  to install inter-array cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The wind farm is located approximately 35 kilometres off the coast of Taichung in central Taiwan. When fully operational, the 500 megawatt (MW) wind farm will serve as a large scale and stable source of green electricity supplying Taiwanese businesses.

Van Oord is responsible for the transport, installation and burial of the 33 inter array cables, with a total length of approximately 64 kilometres. To carry out the work, Van Oord will deploy its dedicated cable-laying vessel Nexus on the project and use a remote-controlled trencher to bury the cables to the required depth below the seabed. The inter array cable installation work will start in 2027.

The project is in familiar territory for Van Oord as the company has already successfully installed inter-array cables and export cables at Taiwan’s Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. The Taiwanese government aims to install 5.7 gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind capacity by 2025, with an additional 15 GW by 2035. With its team of dedicated professionals, highly specialised equipment and a local supply chain and workforce, Van Oord is committed to developing the Taiwanese offshore wind farms further.