CAPE Holland will supply its CAPE Vibro Lifting Tools for the installation of pin piles for the jacket foundations of the 1044MW Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
The offshore project is a joint venture between DEME Offshore and CSBC Corporation.
The CAPE VLT-640 Single will be used initially for the installation of the jacket pin piles and will then be converted to a Tandem version for the Offshore Sub Station (OSS) foundation piles.
The CAPE VLT was selected for the task to mitigate the risk of pile run and improve installation efficiency by not requiring a separate upending tool.
The project will take place in the Taiwan Strait, off the west coast of the island and will be carried out using CDWE’s Green Jade, the first offshore heavy lift DP3 installation vessel built in Taiwan, flying a Taiwanese flag.
The Hai Long offshore wind farm consists of two licensed areas, Site 18 and Site 19, with a total of 73 next-generation turbines installed on three-legged jacket foundations.
The project will be developed in three stages, Hai Long 2A, Hai Long 2B, and Hai Long 3, with a timeline from 2023 to 2025.
The water depth for the installation is between 41 metres to 56 metres and the installation campaign for the jacket piles and OSS piles is scheduled from March 2024 to July 2025.
CAPE Holland chief executive Laurens de Neef said: “We are honoured to be part of CDWE’s Hai Long offshore wind farm project execution and to supply our CAPE Vibro Lifting Technology for the installation of jacket piles and OSS piles.
“After an extensive period of convincing several parties involved in the project, we succeed to prove our technology is mitigating several risks in the installation process.”