Ørsted receives neccessary approvals for offshore wind projects in Taiwan

The offshore wind projects are located 37-62 kilometres off the coast of Changhua County and have a total potential capacity of up to 1.5 GW. Ørsted will continue developing the projects with the final capacity subject to turbine layout optimization, restrictions from related regulations and the auction result of the Zonal Development Phase, the company announced.

Ørsted proposed suction bucket jacket foundation as one of the foundation options when conducting environmental impact assessment of the four Greater Changhua offshore wind projects back in 2016 and has now worked with European and Taiwanese marine and geotechnical engineering experts to verify the viability of adopting the suction bucket jacket in Taiwan.

Ørsted then included the technology as one of the foundation options for EIA review on the Xu Feng 2 and 3 offshore wind projects. The technology, which is more environmentally friendly, was well received by the EIA sub-committee review panel, which gave greenlight to the projects in June earlier this year.