2023
Taiwan Strait, Taiwan

The Changfang and Xidao wind farm is a 589 MW offshore wind farm project in Taiwan, owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners as the majority owner and Global Power Synergy Public Company (GPSC) as the minority owner. This new wind farm has the capacity to power 650,000 Taiwanese households with renewable energy. 

Project Description

Boskalis were responsible for the transport and installation of the WTG foundations, which consist of three pre-driven piles onto which a jacket was installed. The water depth ranges between 25 m and 40 m. Project 2 consisted of 52 foundations.

Project name: Changfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Farm
Location: Taiwan Strait, Taiwan
Year: 2023
Application: Jacket foundations

Project Requirements

Due to the unpredictable weather and lack of subsea visibility at the project site location, a short installation schedule was envisaged by the customer between April to August 2023. Sika was required to supply and apply grouts in quick succession and offered a bulk product solution, both onshore and offshore project management, as well as state-of-theart mixing technology to apply our product to the highest quality.

Sika Solutions

Sika provided the best-in-class product SikaGrout®-9800 and mixing technology to meet the high demands of the project installation schedule and applied 12,440 MT to 52 jacket structures in just 47 offshore grouting days. The fastest grouting operation recorded during the works was up to 45 m³/h.                                                  

Customer Benefits   

  • Supply of groundbreaking offshore grout mixing technology and experienced crew made the fast-tracked delivery of this program possible.
  • All offshore deliverables were successfully achieved resulting in an efficient and high-quality application of SikaGrout®-9800 in Taiwan.
  • Progress was swift, with 28 jackets successfully installed in just one calendar month.

Products Used

SikaGrout®-9800

Project Participants

Owner
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, Global Power Synergy Public Company (GPSC) 

Contractor
Boskalis Offshore International

Supplier
Sika Offshore & Marine Construction