Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/15
By: Cheng Chi-fong and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, April 15 (CNA) A groundbreaking ceremony for a factory in Kaohsiung to produce

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊, third right) and Economic Affairs Minister Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津, second right)

structural steel foundations for offshore wind farms took place in Hsinta Harbor on Sunday, a new step forward in Taiwan’s development of offshore wind power.

The factory, expected to be completed in 2019, has been designed to produce 50-60 of the foundations, known as jacket substructures, a year when it comes into production, according to China Steel Corp. (CSC), the main investor in the new facility.

CSC’s board of directors passed in late March the proposal to invest NT$3.42 billion to build a facility to manufacture jacket substructures, according to CSC Chairman Wong Chao-tung (翁朝棟).    [FULL  STORY]