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Offshore wind installation contractor Fred. Olsen Windcarrier said Thursday it would send another jack-up to the Asia Pacific region to fulfill its contractual obligation in the area, as the wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable has extended the charter for the Brave Tern vessel that s already there.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier was in 2018 awarded a contract with SGRE for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the Yunlin offshore windfarm in Taiwanese waters using the installation vessel Brave Tern, with the contract marking FOWIC’s entry into the APAC region.
The jack-up specialist has now signed an amendment with Siemens Gamesa extending the charter period which will allow Brave Tern to complete the Yunlin project in a continuous campaign.
Fred Olsen Windcarrier has temporarily mobilised a second installation vessel, Bold Tern, to the region.
In 2018, Fred Olsen Windcarrier was awarded a contract with Siemens Gamesa for the transport and installation of wind turbines on the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwanese waters using the installation vessel Brave Tern.
Last month Brave Term completed the first installation of the 80 8MW Siemens Gamesa turbines at Yunlin.
Fred Olsen Windcarrier and Siemens Gamesa have now signed an amendment extending the charter period which will allow Brave Tern to complete the Yunlin project in a continuous campaign, which “materially improves” the contractor’s backlog for 2021.
April 26, 2021, by Adrijana Buljan
The first of the total of 80 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW wind turbines was installed on 23 April at the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel
Brave Tern, which arrived in Taiwan in July last year, has been deployed for wind turbine installation at the project site some 8 kilometres off Yunlin County. For Fred. Olsen Windcarrier, this marks the first installation in the APAC region.
According to Yunneng Wind Power, the developer of the 640 MW project, the installation of the first Siemens Gamesa 8 MW unit also marks the first time an offshore wind turbine with local content was installed in Taiwan.
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