CHALLENGES: The companies are required to draft localization plans to explain how they will boost ties with Taiwanese suppliers, the Bureau of Energy chief said

Taipei Times
Date: May 01, 2018
By: Kuo Chia-erh  /  Staff reporter

Seven offshore wind farm developers have secured government contracts to build 10 offshore wind farms along the western coast of Taiwan as the government aims to build up 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power capacity by 2025, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.

The 10 projects would have a total capacity of 3.836GW by 2025, the ministry said in a statement after the completion of a two-stage selection process over the past two weeks.

The ministry would hold an auction by the end of next month to select offshore wind farm developers to build the remaining 1.66GW capacity, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) told a news conference.

“Those who did not win contracts are allowed to participate in the auction,” Kung added.
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