Taiwan's offshore wind development is currently experiencing literal and metaphorical rough sea conditions. Without adapting to the situation and adjusting policies accordingly, there is a risk of a further loss of market confidence and the relinquishing of Taiwan's position as a trailblazer in the Asia-Pacific region.

By Jason Wang and Raoul Kubitschek

Implications of insufficient guidelines for stakeholder engagement in Taiwan's renewable energy market.

By James McCatherin

Interview with James Liu, General Manager, Industrial Services & Cybersecurity, TÜV Rheinland Taiwan Ltd.

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."

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 

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

While the first draft of rules for Round 3.2 of Taiwan's offshore wind auction brings much anticipated flexibility there is still a lot of room for improvement. Localisation items have been reduced but will factor even stronger in the awards for 2028 and 2029 – that can be up to 900MW for a single project.

By Raoul Kubitschek, Jason Wang 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