Lead foundations contractor CDWE has selected Samkang M&T as preferred supplier to deliver jackets for Northland Power’s 1GW-plus Hai Long 2B & 3 offshore wind project in Taiwan.
The South Korea-based fabricator will supply a total of 52 bases.
Jackets will weight around 2000 tonnes each and measure up to 94 metres in height.
The foundations will support Siemens Gamesa 14MW turbines, which will be deployed 50km off the Taiwan coast in water depths of 55 metres.
Song Moo-suk, chairman of Samkang M&T, said: “We are very pleased to be able to supply jacket foundation to the Hai Long Offshore Wind Farm, which will be the largest in Taiwan.”
Marco Kanaar, project director of CDWE, CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering tie-up, said: “Again a very important key milestone is reached with the selection of Samkang M&T as preferred supplier for the 52 jackets required for the HL 2B and 3 sites. We are very glad that CDWE, in close cooperation with the Hai Long team, is moving on a steady pace and on schedule with its procurement program for the Hai Long project.”
Hai Long project director Felipe Montero added: “We’re delighted to have selected Samkang M&T as the preferred supplier for this scope for Hai Long, which is one of the biggest contracts for the construction of our project and one of the biggest contracts for fabrication of jackets ever. Samkang M&T have proven to be a reliable and competitive partner, capable of fabricating the biggest and most complex foundations for offshore wind, which makes them the leader in this technology in the APAC region.”
The wind farm is due to be fully commissioned by 2026.