The 640 MW Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm has officially been inaugurated and is fully operational. Located in Taipei, the plant was announced operational by TotalEnergies and local officials. The Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm is generating renewable electricity at full capacity. Additionally, the project will power a total of 646,568 households with clean energy and will reduce CO2 emissions by 1,293,126 tonnes. Construction was completed in December 2024 after nearly 4 years of planning and building. Furthermore, it has been estimated that the total cost for the project was US$3 billion.
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Details on the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm
The stakeholders of the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm include TotalEnergies who own a 29.46% stake and Skyborn Renewables who own 31.98%. The latter led the development and construction of the project. Additionally, EGCO Group has a 26.56% stake and Sojitz has a 12% stake. There are 80 wind turbines installed off the west coast of Taiwan, each with a capacity of 8 MW. Power generated is fed into the Taiwanese grid. Further, it is contracted to Taiwan Power Company (TPC), through the two 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). Every year, 2.4 TWh of renewable electricity will be generated from the Yunlin offshore wind farm.
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Project Overview
Location: 8 to 17 km off Taiwan’s west coast
Project scope: 82km²
Number of turbines: 80
Project team: TotalEnergies, Skyborn Renewables, EGCO Group, Sojitz, Yunneng Wind Power Co.
Completion date: December 2024
Total cost: Estimated US$3 billion
In addition, June 2025 will see TotalEnergies taking over the technical operations management, following the Commercial Operations Date (COD). Skyborn Renewables will lead other management services.
“This 640 MW project will help us achieve our 2025 targets for 35 GW of gross renewable capacity and over 50 TWh of net electricity production, amounting to 10% of TotalEnergies’ energy output. Furthermore, our role as technical operator on Yunlin will allow us to strengthen our offshore wind competencies as we look ahead to our future projects in Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom,” said Olivier Jouny, Senior Vice President Renewables at TotalEnergies.
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