JERA will acquire the stake from Australian investment firm Macquarie Capital, which will now own 26% of the 47-turbine project following regulatory approval.
The joint venture between Japanese utilities Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power, said it would "play a key role as a major shareholder" in the project.
| Formosa 2 | Ownership % |
| JERA | 49% |
| Macquarie Captial | 26% |
| Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners | 23.75% |
| Swancor | 1.25% |
It added it would secure a "substantial portion" of equity interest during the early construction phases of the project.
Formosa 2 is in line for a 20-year power purchase agreement with national utility Taipower under Taiwan's feed-in tariff scheme.
US investor Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners bought 95% of Taiwanese resin and composites company Swancor’s renewables unit in August, and with it, a 23.75% stake in Formosa 2. Swancor Holding now has a 1.25% stake in the wind farm.
JERA, meanwhile, established an operation base in Taiwan in 2019 having agreed to buy a 32.5% stake in the 120MW Formosa 1 Phase 2 project in December 2018.
It aims to be a "global leader" in liquefied natural gas and renewables by 2025, the company stated.
First project
Developer Swancor announced that all 20 turbines have now been installed at Taiwan’s first large-scale offshore wind farm Formosa 1 Phase 2.
| Formosa 1 phase 2 | Ownership % |
| Ørsted | 35% |
| JERA | 32.5% |
| Macquarie | 25% |
| Swancor | 7.5% |
It added that since construction began in May 2019, four typhoons have hit the site off Miaoli county.
Formosa 1 Phase 2 consists of 20 of Siemens Gamesa’s SWT-6.0-154 turbines.
Swancor, which owns 7.5% of the project, expects the wind farm to be fully commissioned by the end of the year.
Ørsted (35%) and Macquarie Group (25%) hold the remainder of the project.
