Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Brave Tern has been awarded a contract by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering in Taiwan. After finishing installations on Yunlin offshore wind farm, Brave Tern will commence the transportation and installation (T&I) of the MHI Vestas Offshore V174-9.5MW wind turbines selected for the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farms (CFXD).
The project is divided into two phases across 2022 and 2023 and are owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. CFXD offshore wind farms are located 11-25km west of Taiwan. When finished, they will have a capacity of 600MW with a total of 62 V174-9,5MW turbines. Completion is expected in 2023. CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering Co. Ltd. (CDWE) is a domestic EPCI OWF Contractor. Shareholders of the company are CSBC Corporation (Taiwan) and DEME Offshore (Belgium).