Van Oord will be responsible for the transport, installation and burial of 33 inter array cables, with a total length of approximately 64 kilometres, for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. When fully operational, the 500 MW wind farm will serve as a large-scale and stable source of green electricity supplying Taiwanese businesses.

Jan 14, 2025

Van Oord, an international EPC contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects (oil, gas and wind), has been contracted by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a global renewable energy investment firm, to install inter-array cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

The wind farm is located approximately 35 kilometres off the coast of Taichung in central Taiwan. When fully operational, the 500 MW wind farm will serve as a large-scale and stable source of green electricity supplying Taiwanese businesses.

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Van Oord is responsible for the transport, installation and burial of the 33 inter array cables, with a total length of approximately 64 kilometres. The Netherlander will deploy its dedicated cable-laying vessel Nexus on the project and use a remote-controlled trencher to bury the cables to the required depth below the seabed. The inter array cable installation work will start in 2027.

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The Taiwanese government aims to install 5.7 GW offshore wind capacity by 2025, with an additional 15 GW by 2035.