UK high voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has completed electrical safety commissioning and consultancy work on the 120MW second phase of the Formosa 1 offshore wind farm off Taiwan.
EDS HV Group provided skills to local people enabling them to safely and efficiently run their own HV network, the company said.
EDS’s safety rules were adapted and translated from English to Mandarin, before being applied to the offshore and onshore HV networks.
Supported by a translator, EDS implemented a safe system of work and trained people under the new safety rules to various levels of authorisation, including control engineers, 161kV SAPs and 33kV wind turbine generator SAPs.
EDS HV operations manager David Orr said: “It has been a privilege for EDS to be involved in this landmark project – a major step in Taiwan’s renewable energy ambitions.
“The successful completion of our work scope is a credit to the EDS team involved, who faced many challenges throughout, including the language barrier, cultural barriers and the difficult climate in which we had to work.
“Sharing our knowledge and experience and being able to train the local Taiwan operations and maintenance team will aid the operation and the sustainability of the site.
“From start to finish, the whole team and I have been taken aback by the friendliness and the welcome we have received. Thank you to them and to the Formosa 1 team.”
Formosa 1 was developed by a joint venture of Orsted (35%), Jera (32.5%), Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (25%) and Swancor (7.5%).
It is Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm and has a total capacity of 128MW.