Jan De Nul Group has signed a preferred supplier agreement with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) for the installation of about 90 km of subsea high-voltage export cables. Those cables will bring wind energy generated at the Fengmiao I wind farm ashore. Fengmiao I is the eighth wind farm in Taiwan where Jan De Nul Group is contributing to.
Worldwide, the maritime constructor participated in the construction of over 60 offshore wind farms.
Fengmiao I has a capacity of 500 MW, providing power for about half a million households, and is part of the larger Fengmiao wind project. This is located 35 km off the coast of Taichung and has a total capacity of 1,800 MW. Jan De Nul will connect the offshore substation of Fengmiao I to the onshore grid of Taiwan via two AC high-voltage cables. To do so, they will deploy our cable-laying vessel, Willem de Vlamingh. Jan De Nul will be responsible for transporting and installing the cables, including protecting crossings with other cables. The cables have a length of 45 km and 44 km, respectively, and weigh more than eight thousand tonnes altogether.
