Ørsted pushes commissioning of 900-MW Taiwanese offshore wind farm to 2023

The commissioning of the 900-MW Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farm has been put off to 2023 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the project developer announced last week.

Danish energy major Ørsted A/S (CPH:ORSTED) said in its latest interim report released on Thursday, that the construction process in going, while the global health and financial crisis has led to delays that will extend the commissioning deadline for the last turbines. The huge wind farm was initially expected to become fully operational by the end of 2022.

Offshore construction on the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms started last summer at a site located 35-60 km (22-37 miles) off the coast of Changhua County. So far, 95 jacket foundations and 48 out of 111 Siemens Gamesa 8.0-167 DD wind turbines have been put into place.

First power from the complex, set to become Taiwan’s largest and first far-shore wind farm, was generated in April. The 900 MW capacity was awarded to Ørsted in April 2018 via a grid allocation process

At end-2021, Ørsted completed the divestment of a 50% stake in the 605-MW Greater Changhua 1 to Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) and Taiwanese private equity fund Cathay PE.

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