Taiwanese project cleared to use 14 MW offshore wind turbines

Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency has accepted an amendment to an Environmental Impact Assessment of a gigawatt-scale offshore wind project which will allow the deployment of 14 MW wind turbines.

The amendment to the Environmental Impact Assessment for the 1,044 MW Hai Long offshore wind farm was accepted in July, according to Northland Power, the Canadian energy company which is developing the project jointly with Yushan Energy.

Receipt of the EIA amendment allows Hai Long to complete further fieldwork to improve wind generation yields, Northland Power said.

As previously reported, the developers had initially selected Siemens Gamesa’s flagship SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine for the 300MW Hai Long 2.

The preferred supplier agreement was subsequently expanded to cover the 232 MW Hai Long 2B and the 512 MW Hai Long 3 projects.

Back in April, Hai Long received confirmation from the Taiwan Bureau of Energy that Hai Long 2A has secured approval for the Industrial Relevance Proposal, which sets out Northland’s commitments to local supply chain and procurement.

The project continues to progress well with financial close expected in 2022, Northland Power said.

Located 50 kilometres off the coast of Changhua county, the Hai Long project will be developed in three stages, with construction expected to begin in 2023 and commissioning in 2025.

CDWE is in charge of the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of foundations, inter-array and export cables, and transportation and installation of the offshore substations and turbines.

Image source: Siemens Gamesa