CAPE Holland has secured a contract with CDWE, a joint venture between CSBC Corporation and DEME Offshore, for work on the Fengmiao offshore wind farm project in Taiwan.

The company will supply its CAPE VLT-640 Tandem Vibro Lifting Tool for foundation and offshore substation pile installation.

Located 36 km off Taichung City in the Taiwan Strait, the 500MW project features 33 15MW wind turbines on jacket foundations requiring 99 pre-piles through templates. The four-legged jacket requires four 4.6m-diameter post-installed skirt piles totalling up to 810 tonnes, plus FOU piles totalling 585 tonnes.

So far, the Vibro Lifting Tool has a perfect record in Taiwan, with over 400 jacket piles installed without incidents.

“The successful application of the CAPE VLT on previous projects like Hai Long has proven its value in delivering safe, efficient, and cost-effective pile installation,” said Frank Koopman, Venterra Group managing director.