Germany s WPD to sell part of interest in 640MW project off the coast of Yunlin County
5 May 2021 |
Michael Marray
French energy major Total has signed an agreement with German renewable energy developer WPD to acquire a 23% interest in Yunlin Holding, the owner of the Yunlin offshore wind farm under construction off the coast of Taiwan. The 640MW project has a 20-year guaranteed-price power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned Taiwan Power Company.
Yunlin is at present 48% owned by WPD, 25% by EGCO (Electricity Generating Public Company Limited), and 27% by a consortium of Japanese investors led by Sojitz Corporation (the other Japanese investors being ENEOS Corporation, Chugoku Electric Power, Chudenko Corporation and Shikoku Electric Power).
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.