Ørsted Awards World’s Largest Jacket Foundation Contract in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - Ørsted signed a multi-million USD contract with Sing Da Marine Structure Corporation (SDMS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Steel Corporation (CSC).
SDMS will extend their facilities in Sing Da Harbour in Kaohsiung and plans to have the new factory operational in the first quarter of 2020. The contract will not only give SDMS a strong pipeline, but also allow it to gain world-class knowledge and experience through working with Ørsted. The Ørsted foundation team has spent more than 18 moths to develop this partnership with CSC and SDMS and is dedicated to transferring knowledge to develop a local Taiwanese supplier for a technology area which is innovative and critical for the success of the Taiwanese offshore wind plans.
Matthias Bausenwein, Ørsted’s President for Asia Pacific, said: “Foundations are an essential part of building offshore wind power plants in Taiwan, not least due to the extraordinary demanding site conditions in the Taiwan strait. For our Greater Changhua projects, we will have to use Jacket foundations, weighing over 1,100 ton and reaching a height of approximately 75 meters. Such large structures will require outstanding fabrication performance as well as excellence in the execution phase during installation.” The contract with SDMS is supposed to be just a beginning of a long-term partnership since SDMS is considered as one of the preferred suppliers for our future projects which will be built in 2025, he added.
The contract signed is subject to certain conditions such as the signing of a power purchase agreement by the end 2018 and Ørsted’s final investment decision, which is expected in March 2019.
Source: IWR Online, 16 Nov 2018