Jan de Nul has kicked off onshore cable installation works for Taipower’s Changhua demonstration wind farm off Taiwan.
The wire works will connect the existing onshore sub-station to the cable interface near shore for the 109.2MW project.
The onshore cables are being installed in an underground track of 13km of duct banks.
The construction works will feature 2km kilometres of horizontal directional drillings performed over 13 different locations and 45 prefabricated manholes.
The onshore works executed by Taiwanese subcontractor Star Energy Corporation will take 20 months.
The connecting submarine cable will be installed in the course of 2020.
The Taipower project off the coast of Fangyuan in western Taiwan is due online by December 2020.
The project consists of 21 Hitachi HTW5.2 turbines with downwind rotors.