Jumbo Offshore has been awarded a contract by Yunnneg Wind Power for the removal of monopiles at the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project off Taiwan.
The contract award represents an expansion of the company’s existing scope, which has involved transport and installation of the project’s transition pieces.
Under the amendment, some monopiles, which were installed during an earlier project phase, are to be removed approximately three metres below mean seabed level.
To undertake this scope, Jumbo Offshore will mobilise the DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Fairplayer.
The vessel will be outfitted with an underwater abrasive cutting and lifting tool as well as an ROV.
With these, Fairplayer will remove the monopiles in several sections.
These will then be lifted into the vessel’s 1400-square metre cargo hold for transportation to a local Taiwanese port, where the vessel will offload the monopile sections to the quayside.
Head of sales and business development at Jumbo Offshore Milad Sheikhi said: “We have been active on the Yunlin OWF project since 2021, carrying out transport and installation of transition pieces and will continue to perform this role in 2024.
“Being awarded this additional scope shows trust in our performance, project management, engineering and installation capabilities, for which are very grateful to our client.”
Manager commerce at Jumbo Offshore Brian Boutkan added: “We are very proud to have been awarded this additional scope of work on the Yunlin OWF project.
“We see this as a confirmation that Jumbo’s values bring real benefit to our clients.
“With our client-centric approach, we aim to cooperate with our customers as a partner in all that we do, in order to offer a reliable service that inspires confidence.”
Yunneng Wind Power is a joint project company involving Skybporn Renewables, TotalEnergies, Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) and Sojitz Corporation.
Located in the Taiwan Strait between 8km to 17km off Taiwan’s west coast, the offshore wind farm will comprise 80 turbines installed at water depths of between eight metres and 35 metres.