First Subsea Delivers Cable Protection System for Formosa 1 OWF

First Subsea has delivered beach landing Cable Protection System for three export cables on the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 wind farm in Taiwan for Jan De Nul Group, EPCI contractor for delivering and installation of cables and foundations.

The protection system was designed to suit an export cable diameter of 158mm with a bending radius of 2.37m.

First Subsea project manager Ross Carrington said, “The delivery deadlines were challenging but with the close cooperation and support of our client we successfully delivered another project with great positive feedback.”

The Formosa 1 offshore wind farm, a joint venture of Ørsted (35%), JERA (32.5%), Macquarie Capital (25%) and Swancor (7.5%), is located in Miaoli County, Taiwan.

It is Taiwan’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm.