CTCI pin piles ready for phase 1 of 600-MW wind project off Taiwan

CTCI Machinery Corp (CTCI MAC), a subsidiary of Taiwan-based engineering services company CTCI Corp (TPE:9933), said today it has manufactured the 48 pin piles booked for the first phase of the 600-MW Changfang and Xidao (CFXD) offshore wind farm in Taiwanese waters.

All pin piles passed acceptance inspection on completion, the manufacturer said.

Manufacturing of the pin piles was completed one and half months ahead of schedule and the CFXD project is on track to commence marine work this month. The first-phase offshore turbine installation is expected to be finalised by June 2022, according to the announcement.

The CFXD project, developed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), is expected to fully come online in 2023.

CTCI MAC chairman Yun-Peng Tan said the company used multiple submerged arc-welding machines simultaneously to reduce manufacturing time and is confident of delivering the second-phase pin piles on schedule.

Dennis Sanou, chief executive of CFXD Offshore Wind Farm, commented that CTCI MAC’s early completion of the pin piles shows that "this new supply chain has been able to speed up their learning curve from orders that enjoy economies of scale."

CTCI MAC is in charge of the production of 117 among 186 pin piles in the 62-turbine CFXD offshore wind farm project.

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