From day one, Ørsted has been committed to working closely with competent local suppliers. During the construction of Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind farms, we’ve worked with 200+ local suppliers and sub-suppliers to deliver Taiwan’s first world-class offshore wind farms and more than 7,200 direct and indirect jobs were created
Realizing the full potential of the local supply chain
Wind turbine towers
The 111 wind turbine towers in the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms were manufactured in collaboration with Changhua-based local supplier Chin Fong Machine Industrial and Korean supplier CS Wind at the Port of Taichung. Each tower is comprised of three sections, and all 333 tower sections were 100% made in Taiwan.
Pin piles
333 pin piles were used for the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a project - each of the 111 foundations is supported by three pin piles. Taiwanese and existing suppliers comlieted all 333 pin piles, 210 of them were fabricated by the new entrant Taiwan local suppliers, Century Wind Power (CWP), CSBC, and Formosa Heavy Industry Corporation (FHIC).
333 pin piles were used for the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a project - each of the 111 foundations is supported by three pin piles. Taiwanese and existing suppliers comlieted all 333 pin piles, 210 of them were fabricated by the new entrant Taiwan local suppliers, Century Wind Power (CWP), CSBC, and Formosa Heavy Industry Corporation (FHIC).
Offshore wind turbine nacelle assembly facility
Ørsted contracted Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
(SGRE) for the 111 SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines.
As part of the contractual agreement and encouraged by Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa committed to accelerating a local nacelle assembly facility, which was inaugurated in September 2021.
The facility is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region as well as the first outside of Europe. Its primary task is to deliver locally assembled nacelles. It completed the vast majority of the 111 wind turbine nacelles. This investment spearheaded further expansion of the facility to deliver more and advanced nacelles for other offshore wind farms and create local jobs
Jacket foundations
Sing Da Marine Structures (SDMS), a new entrant to the
offshore wind industry and Taiwan supplier, delivered six
jacket foundations, which were 100% made in Taiwan for the
Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms.
Each tailor-made jacket foundation weighs more than 1,200 tonnes with a height of 70~80 meters, approximately as high as 20~30 stories building. These gigantic underwater structures are custom designed to meet the specific weather and seabed conditions to ensure the wind farm can operate for at least 30 years.
Onshore power facilities
Local supplier Chung-Hsin Electric (CHE) and Fortune Electric
Corporation (FEC) supplied high-voltage switchgears and
transformers, power distribution panels to the Greater
Changhua 1 and 2a project’s onshore substations.
Through this collaboration, we successfully worked with local Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors and subcontractors to build a world-class transmission hub which meets international offshore wind standards of quality, health, safety, and environment (QHSE).
Going extra miles for local supply chain cultivation
Thanks to an ambitious partnership between the Taiwanese Government and the offshore wind industry, Taiwan aims to produce more than 13 GW of offshore wind power by 2030.
Ørsted is playing a leading role in this green transformation. We are going the extra mile from investment to knowledge-sharing in order to drive a healthy growth of the industry.
In 2020, we launched the Offshore Wind Industrial Development Fund to support the ramp up of technological capabilities of local sub-suppliers with good potential and nurture local talent. Ørsted also supported the launch of a supplier portal to enable developers across the region to connect with suppliers for their renewable energy projects.
Notably, Ørsted along with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Siemens Gamesa), inaugurated a nacelle assembly facility at the Port of Taichung in September 2021, the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region to deliver locally assembled nacelles.
In August 2022, Ørsted inaugurated Asia-Pacific’s largest, first green-designed operations and maintenance hub at the Port of Taichung to ensure optimal performance of the wind farms and stable output of clean energy.
Ship Construction and maritime services
Ørsted supports local vessel companies. We signed a 15-year contract with Ta San Shang Marine Co. Ltd., a joint venture of Taiwan’s Ta Tong Marine Group and Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, to build the world’s first-ever Taiwan-flagged bespoke service operation vessel (SOV) which was delivered in 2022.
The SOV weighs 5,872 tonnes and can safely withstand up to 2.5 meters in wave heights. The vessel includes 60 single cabins for Ørsted O&M technicians and 27 cabins for the vessel crew.
Ørsted has also chartered five Taiwan-flagged crew transfer vessels (CTV). These contracts help the local vessel companies build up experience and capabilities to serve future offshore wind projects.
