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Agreements cover foundations and export cables for Polish and Taiwanese offshore wind farms
Van Oord has been awarded transport and installation contracts for offshore wind farms Baltic Power in the Baltic Sea and Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan.
The contracts have a combined value of more than €500m.
Van Oord will transport and install 78 foundations and an additional two foundations for offshore substations for the 1.14GW Baltic Power project.
To install the monopile foundations, Van Oord will deploy its heavy-lift installation vessel Svanen (pictured).
The 76 transition pieces will be installed by a third-party DP installation vessel.
The transport and installation of the foundations is scheduled to start in 2024 and is expected to be completed in summer 2025.
The Baltic Power offshore wind farm is being developed by a joint venture between ORLEN (Poland) and Northland Power (Canada).
For Orsteds 920MW Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project in Taiwan, Van Oord will be responsible for the transport and installation of three export cables, with a total length of approximately 175 kilometres.
To transport and install the cables, Van Oord will deploy its dedicated cable-laying vessel Nexus.
Van Oord’s own trencher Dig-It will bury the cables to the required depth.
To pre-excavate cable joint pits down to the necessary burial depth, Van Oord will deploy its LNG-powered hopper dredger Vox Apolonia.
The works are scheduled to start in 2024 and expected to be finished in 2025. |
