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Waves Group are pleased to have provided Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) services for the construction of the Hiep Thanh nearshore wind farm project – their third offshore wind contract win in Vietnam.

The project nearshore construction is now complete and will be commissioned in the first quarter of the year. Their scope of work included the installation of foundations, WTGs, array cables, and nearshore marine works. The project was managed by the Singapore office with the support of their team in the London office.

National electricity grid

The wind farm has a generating capacity of 78 MW and is located off the coast of Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam, has 18 Siemens Gamesa 4.3 MW wind turbines.

The Hiep Thanh wind farm is a joint venture between EcoTech Tra Vinh Renewables JSC, and its investors

Once commissioned, the project will generate an estimated 295.4-gigawatt-hours per year (GWh/year) of renewable power, which will be transferred to the national electricity grid, providing up to 180,975 households with clean energy. The Hiep Thanh wind farm is a joint venture between EcoTech Tra Vinh Renewables JSC, and its investors, Janakuasa Pte Ltd, Ecotech Vietnam, Climate Investor One, which is managed by Climate Fund Managers (CFM), and ST International.

Renewable energy sector

Waves Group has over 15 years’ experience in marine and offshore energy operations and over 10 years’ working within the renewable energy sector. They have a dedicated team of naval architects, master mariners, marine, civil, and structural engineers who have the technical expertise which enables them to offer a one-stop-shop service to the clients from early consultation to construction.

They combine the operational and practical experience to deliver costs savings, minimise risk and offer innovative solutions. They have supplied MWS services on a number of large-scale offshore wind farm projects across the UK, Europe, and Asia such as, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, Triton Knoll, Horns Rev 3, Galloper, Beatrice, Seamade, Formosa Phase 1, among others.

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