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Ørsted inaugurates two new offshore wind farms in Taiwan
1/5/2024
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With a total installed capacity of 900 MW, the Greater Changhua 1 and 2a offshore wind farms are now in operation and fully connected to the grid, Ørsted has announced.
The two wind farms have doubled Taiwan’s current offshore wind capacity and are thought to be the largest of their kind in the country and in the Asia-Pacific region.
The 605.2 MW Greater Changhua 1 wind farm is co-owned by Ørsted (50%) and Mercury Taiwan Holdings, a consortium of CDPQ and Cathay PE, with a combined ownership stake of 50%. The 294.8 MW Greater Changhua 2a is 100% owned by Ørsted.
All 111 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD wind turbines are now supplying renewable energy to Taiwan’s electricity grid.
Greater Changhua 1 and 2a can produce enough renewable energy to power one million Taiwanese households a year, reducing CO2 emissions by an estimated 1.75mn t/y. They are part of Ørsted’s Greater Changhua offshore wind zone, which also comprises Greater Changhua 2b, Greater Changhua 3, and Greater Changhua 4 and have a combined capacity of approximately 2.4 GW.
Ørsted is the biggest shareholder and co-owner of Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind project, Formosa 1, which was extended from a capacity of 8 MW to 128 MW in 2019.
