Fengmiao Offshore Wind Farm taps CAPE Holland for pile installation work

Project includes 33 turbines and a 500 MW total capacity.

The Fengmiao Offshore Wind Farm has selected CAPE Holland to supply its CAPE VLT-640 Tandem Vibro Lifting Tool for pre-installation of foundation and offshore substation piles.

The CAPE VLT-640 was selected for its proven ability to safely drive piles through challenging subsea soils while mitigating the risk of pile run. CAPE Holland has already installed over 400 jacket piles in Taiwan without incident, setting a benchmark for efficiency and operational safety.

The Fengmiao Offshore Wind Farm is located approximately 36 kilometres off the coast of Taichung City in the Taiwan Strait, with water depths ranging from 53 to 64 metres.

Once completed, the wind farm will have a total capacity of 500 MW, featuring 33 wind turbine generator positions with 15 MW turbines.

The offshore substation foundation consists of a four-legged jacket structure with four post-installed skirt piles, each measuring 4.6 metres in diameter and weighing up to 810 tonnes, whilst the FOU piles are of the same diameter and weigh up to 585 tonnes.

The contract, secured through CDWE, a joint venture between DEME Offshore and CSBC, marks another milestone for CAPE Holland in Taiwan.