Jumbo lifts on Taiwanese offshore wind farm

Jumbo Offshore transported and installed transition pieces at the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan for client Yunneng Wind Power.

Jumbo’s heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin. (Photo: Jumbo Offshore)

For its role on the project, Jumbo Offshore deployed its DP2 heavy lift crane vessel Jumbo Javelin.

In total, Jumbo Javelin transported and installed 80 pieces during the project. (Photo: Jumbo Offshore)

Prior to undertaking the project, the company said it carried out extensive project preparations to ensure a smooth, reliable project execution.

Following this, Jumbo Javelin was outfitted in a project-specific set-up. This included the Jumbo fly-jib modular crane boom extension. This feature can be mounted on a Jumbo J-Class vessel to increase the lifting height. With this, the vessel was provided with the capability to lift the 27 metre high pieces.

Jumbo Javelin performed the final transition piece installation on August 23 2024. The vessel was loaded out with the large components in Kaohsiung, transporting up to four 450 tonne pieces at one time.

In total, Jumbo Javelin transported and installed 80 pieces during the project.

Jumbo Offshore completed its scope ahead of schedule, contributing to the client’s target of completing the OWF before the end of 2024.

Water depths at the Yunlin OWF vary between 7 and 35 metres. The shallower water location is not suitable for installation in DP mode. Jumbo Offshore said it switched between installation on DP and installation on anchors, making full use of the vessel’s versatility.

The Yunlin wind farm is located in the Taiwan Strait, between 8 and 17 kilometres from the coast of Taiwan. Covering an area 82 square kilometres, the site comprises 80 wind turbine generators, able to provide up to 640 MW of electricity, sufficient to power 600,000 Taiwanese households.

Jumbo Offshore is a privately owned company, part of the Jumbo Group, with a fleet of specialized offshore installation and transportation crane vessels operated in both the renewables and subsea & offshore industries. (Photo: Jumbo Offshore)