CR in Taiwan gets offshore wind contract from Ørsted

CR Classification Society (CR) in Taiwan will be involved in the structural review of the offshore substation design for the Greater Changhua wind projects of Ørsted A/S (CPH:ORSTED).

The Danish energy company said Friday CR will be assigned to perform “a crucial part” of the structural review, which has to be completed by end-2018. That task is part of a wider plan of Ørsted to support the development of local certification capabilities.

Working alongside Norway-based certification body DNV GL, CR will be verifying the offshore substation structure taking into consideration the specific environmental conditions in Taiwanese waters, such as the risk of typhoons and earthquakes.

“CR has been devoting to establishing local certification capabilities of offshore wind farm for more than 5 years. Today we are honoured with great pleasure to sign this contract with Ørsted,” said Kuo-Liang Chao, CR chairman.

Ørsted said it expects to work with CR in other certification scopes of the up to 2.4-GW Greater Changhua projects. It said the partnership is “a major step for offshore wind knowledge transfer in Taiwan”.

The Greater Changhua projects, which recently got environmental approval, will be located off Changhua County, western Taiwan. The capacity will be installed between 2021 and 2025. Currently, Ørsted is in the final stage of selection of an onshore substation engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor. Three companies from Taiwan are competing for the TWD-3-billion (USD-103m/EUR-84m) job. Once Ørsted has the grid capacity and permits in place, which is expected to happen by mid-year, it will sign the EPC contact for the first onshore substation.

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