The ECCT, in partnership with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), hosted the 2021 Global Offshore Wind Energy Summit -Taiwan (GOWST) 2021

 
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind (Hai Long) have announced that the new SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine is intended to be used in its 300MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. According to a press release issued today, the deployment of the new turbine for the rest of the 1,044 MW Hai Long pipeline is also being considered.

President Tsai Ing-wen is lauding the completion of a 900-megawatt capacity wind farm project off the coast of Changhua as "a foundation for Taiwan to boost its competitiveness in the net-zero era."

Offshore wind farms in Taiwan may soon be farms for something else.

Floating offshore wind will be essential for Taiwan to achieve its offshore wind energy goals but getting there will require the government and industry to resolve the administrative, infrastructure and financing challenges

By Jason Wang, Fredy Huang, Raoul Kubitschek and James McCatherin

Taiwan's offshore wind Round 3 has hit a dead-end: global inflation, government focus on protecting local industries and a lack of common ground amongst industry players are likely to accelerate the market downturn. For the offshore wind energy industry to prosper again, all involved parties need to reconfigure and adjust their views.

By Raoul Kubitschek 

The 2022 Global Offshore Wind Energy Summit - Taiwan (GOWST) was organised for the fourth consecutive year by the ECCT and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), co-organised by the Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) and the Metals Industries Research & Development Center (MIRDC) and endorsed by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC).

Opening remarks were made by Dr Chiang Mao-Hsiung, Dean of the College of Engineering at National Taiwan University (臺灣大學工學院院長 江茂雄) and ECCT Chairman Giuseppe Izzo, after which presentations were delivered in

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Results from the latest auction were disappointing and interim renewable energy targets will not be met but sensible policy adjustments could revive momentum.

By Jason Wang, Raoul Kubitschek and James McCatherin

The ECCT was the co-organiser of the three-day 2020 Global Offshore Wind Summit Taiwan - Virtual together with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

The laws and regulations described below shape the Taiwan offshore wind industry's development.

The first batch of allocated projects for Taiwan's offshore wind Round 3.1 concluded at the end of June 2023 with two project owners having signalled that they signed administrative contracts by the deadline and three further project owners obtaining an extension of two months, until the end of August to find a solution to sign off. This will mean that the capacity of the first projects to be connected to the grid by 2026/27 will fall somewhere between 995MW and 2,335MW, short of the 3,000MW that had been awarded at the end of last year. Taiwan's shortage of renewables and the challenge of achieving its short and midterm net zero targets will thus continue. A timely Round 3.2 will offer a new opportunity to catch up by 2028/29 but there is still work to do to attract bidders.

By Jason Wang and Raoul Kubitschek

With a good head start in development, excellent location and growing talent pool, Taiwan has the potential to become the Asia-Pacific region's offshore wind energy hub, but action will be needed to maintain momentum and increase competitiveness

By Jason Wang, Raoul Kubitschek and James McCatherin

The ECCT's Low Carbon Initiative arranged the third in its series of joint workshops with Taiwan Power Company (TPC) on the topics of offshore wind, smart grids, infrastructure, and turbine technology