Shortly after the very first pin heaps were transferred to Taiwan, Jan De Nul Group currently reveals that the very first coat structures for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project– Demonstration prepare to leave the South Korean construction backyard of Samkang.
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Jan De Nul Group will certainly move 21 four-legged coats from South Korea to the Taiwan overseas website in the coming weeks. The coats will certainly be delivered in 5 sets of 3 to 5 systems on a self-propelled semi-submersible transportation vessel. For this abroad transportation, Jan De Nul Group has actually authorized an agreement with Taiwan based Hung Hua Construction Co., Ltd.
During the load-out procedures at the backyard of Samkang, the team aboard of the transportation vessel continues to be separated from all tasks near and also onshore to avoid all threat of contamination with COVID-19.
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Jackets of as much as 62 meters high
The 21 coats for the TPC Offshore Windfarm procedure in between 55 m and also 62 m in general size. The heaviest device evaluates around 1,100 tonnes, and also the mixed overall weight is around 22,000 tonnes.
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The coats consist of a 7.2 m high Transition Piece (TP) with a size of 5.4 m to sustain towers bring the 5.2 MW generators. Each coat likewise has 2 davit cranes for freight raising and also 2 watercraft touchdowns to allow workers gain access to. The coats are geared up with specific overseas devices such as navigating lights, foghorns, electronic cameras and so on
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Jan De Nul Group launched the construction procedure in the summertime of 2019. The very first coat was finished by the 2nd fifty percent of April 2020, well in time to permit a prompt setup.
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Installation in Taiwan
Upon arrival in Taiwan, the 21 coats will certainly be personalized removed prior to taking a trip to their last location around 8 kilometres off the shore of Fangyuan in Central Western Taiwan, where Jan De Nul Group is accountable for their setup. Each coat will certainly be secured to the seabed by 4 pin heaps of 3.1 m size each.
