MHI Vestas has confirmed contracts with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the supply of turbines to the 589MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms off Taiwan.
The total order is for 62 of the manufacturer’s V174-9.5MW machines.
MHI Vestas chief sales officer Henrik Jensen said: “As our first firm orders in Asia Pacific, Changfang and Xidao are landmark contracts for our business and for our market position in Taiwan.
“We are enormously grateful for the collaboration with CIP and look forward to bringing our trusted V174-9.5MW, an IEC T classified turbine, along with local, green energy jobs to the people of Taiwan.”
The projects, which reached financial close last week, will be split out over several phases.
Changfang phase one will comprise 10 turbines and have an installed capacity of 95MW to be installed in 2022.
The 446.5MW Changfang phase two will feature 47 turbines and the 47.5MW Xidao five machines to be installed in 2023.
MHI Vestas said it has collaborated with CIP ahead of the project on a comprehensive local supply chain ramp-up that meets local content requirements.
About 5300 local jobs will be created, and the deal will be worth €264m in economic value for Taiwan in localised components alone, not including installation, commissioning and operation and maintenance of the turbines, MHI Vestas said.