The commissioning of the 900-megawatt Greater Changhua 1 & 2a wind farms has been delayed to 2023, according to Ørsted’s interim report for the first half of 2022.
The project was initially scheduled to be fully operational by the end of the year, but due to COVID-19-related delays, the commissioning of the wind farm is being pushed to 2023, Ørsted outlined in its latest report.
Offshore construction on the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a wind farms started in the summer of 2021 with the installation of the first wind-turbine-jacket foundation and the laying of the first export cable. Since then, 95 jacket foundations and 48 out of 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167DD wind turbines have been installed at the project’s offshore construction site.
The jackets are installed by Heerema Marine Contractors’ heavy lift vessel Aegir, for which the company secured a contract back in 2019. The vessel completed the foundation installation on Greater Changhua