Correll wins cable test work on Changfang and Xidao

Correll Group has secured a contract with Seaway Offshore Cables for the termination and testing of cables for the 589MW Changfang and Xidao Offshore Wind Farm (CFXD), off Taiwan.

The contract covers 58 array and seven offshore export subsea cables for CFXD.

CFXD is located in the Taiwan Strait, approximately 11 km off the coast of Fangyuan Township, Changhua County on the Taiwanese west coast.

The first phase of the offshore wind farm will involve the installation of 10 9.5MW turbines in 2022.

The second phase is scheduled for 2023 and will involve the installing a further 47 turbines with a total capacity of 446.5MW.

The final phase of the project will involve the installation of five 9.5MW turbines for the Xidao wind farm in 2023.

Upon completion, the wind farm will consist of 62 Vestas V174-9.5MW turbines with a combined capacity of 589MW.

A network of approximately 73 km of 66kV inter-array, buried, subsea cables will be used to connect turbine strings.

The offshore wind farms are expected to begin commercial operations in the first quarter of 2024.

Sam Dowey, Managing Director at Correll, said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this project and to be again working in close partnership with Seaway 7.

“Correll has extensive experience working on many of the most significant offshore wind farms in South East Asia, and we are proud of our role in supporting the overall growth and development of the Taiwanese offshore wind sector.”