Taiwan is becoming the next battleground for the world’s top offshore wind developers as they seek a foothold in Asia. The island’s offshore wind market is expected to expand to 5.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2025, and the government aims to invest $23 billion on both onshore and offshore wind projects by 2025. As of April the 30th 2018, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has awarded grid capacity to eleven offshore wind projects. A total of 3,836MW was awarded. Of this, 738MW will be completed by 2020, with 3,098MW to be set up between 2021 and 2025.
Due to the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan, the event highlighted the risks of using nuclear energy in a region prone to earthquakes. Because of this Taiwan is making a big push to attract investments in renewable technology as it phases out nuclear power by 2025.
Ørsted is a Danish energy production company that has been established as a global leader in offshore wind.
The company will be adopting a typhoon-proof
technology for their Greater Changhua offshore
wind farms. The turbine models will be tailored
to meet local codes and standards regarding
typhoons and seismic activities. For this reason,
Ørsted selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable
Energy (Spanish manufacturing company) as the
preferred supplier for the Greater Changhua
offshore wind farm.
CHANG-HUA BUILDING WIND FARM
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WIND ENERGY IN TAIWAN