Mammoet Delivers Components For Taiwan Wind Project

Mammoet and partner Giant Heavy Machinery Services are carrying out additional heavy-lift transport work for the 900-MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind energy project in Taiwan, despite inclement weather conditions that have forced project teams to adjust lifting operations.

Located 35-60 kilometres of the coast of Changhua County, Greater Changhua 1 and 2a is Taiwan’s first large-scale offshore wind energy venture.

The project is being developed by Danish renewables firm Orsted and is expected to come online this year, supplying clean energy to one million homes.

Mammoet-Giant has been supporting construction work since mid-2020. The JV recently completed the transport of 333 pin piles used to secure the turbine’s jacket foundations to the seabed, despite heavy gales that forced the project team to raise the wind speed limitation of its cranes.

“An increase in wind speed limitation helps to create a longer window of time for each load-out operation. This enables efficient use of available time to transport the maximum amount of pin piles within a given period,” Mammoet said.

The JV is also supporting Heerema Marine Contractors with the load-in and load-out of equipment and supplies for the working vessel, transporting offshore equipment for temporary storage and carrying out maintenance work on two pin pile hammer heads weighing 700 tonnes a piece.

In January, Mammoet deployed its PTC200-DS ring crane, a crawler crane and self-propelled modular transporters with 96 axle lines to support the fabrication of the jacket sections.

The remaining heavy-lift transport work for Greater Changhua 1 & 2a is expected to be completed by the end of this year.