Yunnneg Wind Power (YWPC) has selected Jumbo Offshore to remove monopiles at the Yunlin offshore wind farm.
This contract award represents an expansion of the Jumbo’s existing scope, which involved transport and installation of the project’s transition pieces. Under the amendment, some monopiles that were installed 3 m below the seabed during an earlier project phase, are to be removed. Jumbo Offshore will mobilise the DP2 heavy lift vessel Fairplayer to execute the works.
The vessel will be fitted with an underwater abrasive cutting and lifting tool as well as an ROV. With these, Fairplayer will remove the monopiles in several sections. These sections will be lifted into the vessel’s cargo hold for transportation to a local Taiwanese port, where they will be offloaded.
Milad Sheikhi,head of sales and business development at Jumbo Offshore said: “We have been active on the Yunlin offshore wind farm project since 2021, carrying out transport and installation of transition pieces and will continue to perform this role in 2024. Being awarded this additional scope shows trust in our performance, project management, engineering and installation capabilities, for which are very grateful to our client.”
The 640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm is developed by Yunneng Wind Power, a joint project company involving Skyborn Renewables, TotalEnergies, Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) and Sojitz Corporation. Located in the Taiwan Strait between 8-17km off Taiwan’s west coast, the 82 sq km offshore wind farm will comprise 80 wind turbine generators installed at water depths of between 8-35 m.
