Ørsted has completed the 900 MW Greater Changhua 1 and 2a projects in Taiwan, which are now both operational and connected to the grid.
The company began offshore construction in 2021 and has installed 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines for the project.
“It took us eight years to turn the words ‘energy transition’ in our policy papers into actual wind farms in operation,” says Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen. “Taiwan now has Asia-Pacific’s largest offshore wind farm and our own offshore wind supply chain.”
The 605.2 MW Greater Changhua 1 is 50% owned by Ørsted and 50% by Mercury Taiwan Holdings, a consortium of CDPQ and Cathay PE. The 294.8 MW Greater Changhua 2a is fully owned by Ørsted.
Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind zone also comprises Greater Changhua 2b, Greater Changhua 3 and Greater Changhua 4. The zone has a combined capacity of approximately 2.4 GW, says the company.
