Dutch marine construction firm Van Oord has been contracted by Danish fund manager and renewables investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to install inter-array cables for the Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. Under the contract with an undisclosed value, Van Oord will transport and install 33 cables, with a total length of about 64 km. The Rotterdam-based company will deploy its 2014-built cable-laying vessel Nexus on the project and use a remote-controlled trencher to bury the cables. The installation work should start in 2027. The Taiwanese government aims to install 5.7 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2025, with an additional 15 GW by 2035. The Fengmiao 1 wind farm, located about 35 km off the coast of Taichung in central Taiwan, will contribute 500 MW to that goal. The new contract builds on Van Oord’s successful installation of inter-array cables and export cables at Taiwan’s Greater Changhua offshore wind farms. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsNetherlands Taiwan