108 news items tagged Wind
Taiwan becoming Asian hub of offshore wind farms
Friday 15 January 2021Taiwan has been keen on constructing offshore wind farms in line with its aim to have renewable energy account for 20% of total electricity output in 2025, paving way for the country...
China sets 1,200GWp target for PV, wind power by 2030
Tuesday 15 December 2020China has set a goal of attaining cumulative installation capacity of 1,200GWp for PV and wind power generation in 2030, according to industry sources.
Wah Lee supplies materials for making wind turbine blades
Tuesday 8 September 2020Electronic chemical material distributor Wah Lee Industrial has disclosed it has signed with Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology for suppling materials for the latter to make blades...
Teco kicks off onshore construction supporting offshore wind farm development
Monday 27 July 2020Teco Electric and Machinery has recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of onshore electric facilities that will be used to support the two offshore wind farms...
Orsted and TSMC sign wind power purchase agreement
Thursday 9 July 2020Orsted and TSMC have signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) where the foundry house will offtake the full production from the former's 920MW offshore wind farm in central...
Netherlands to fund Taiwan training program for offshore wind farm development
Wednesday 4 March 2020The Netherlands government will fund a cooperative talent-training program to help Taiwan develop offshore wind power farms, focusing on marine engineering, operation and maintenance...
Orsted starts trial run of offshore wind turbines
Thursday 12 September 2019Denmark-based offshore wind farm developer Orsted has begun trial runs of six offshore wind turbines at Formosa 1 offshore wind farm 2-6km off the west coast of central Taiwan, according...
SGRE obtains conditional order for offshore wind turbines for Taiwan project
Tuesday 18 June 2019Spain-based Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has disclosed it has obtained a conditional order for 47 8MW offshore wind turbines from a project in Taiwan.
WPD obtains loan for Taiwan offshore wind farm
Monday 3 June 2019Germany-based WPD has obtained a NT$74.2 billion (US$2.36 billion) loan for developing an offshore wind farm 8km off Taiwan's central county of Yunlin, according to wpd Taiwan Ener...
CIP signs with CSBC-DEME for installation of offshore wind turbines
Thursday 23 May 2019Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has signed an EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contract with Taiwan-based CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering for the latter to install...
First Taiwan offshore wind farm to be completed at end of 2019
Friday 17 May 2019Formosa 1 offshore wind farm with installation capacity of 128MW will be completed by year-end 2019, becoming the first of its kind in Asia, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs...
Orsted to develop 900MW offshore wind farms in Taiwan
Monday 6 May 2019Denmark-based Orsted has finalized plans to invest NT$165 billion (US$5.35 billion) to develop two offshore wind farms with total capacity of 90MW to the west of Changhua County,...
SGRE produces turbine blades using Swancor-made epoxy resin
Wednesday 20 February 2019Swancor Holding has disclosed Spain-based Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has completed production of blades for offshore wind turbines using its epoxy resin.
Taiwan FIT scheme to impact offshore wind farm developers, says Orsted
Friday 1 February 2019Offshore wind farms in Taiwan will be prevented from achieving optimal operation by the cap the government has set on the amount of electricty generated, according Martin Neubert,...
Offshore wind farm developers caught off guard by Taiwan policy U-turn
Monday 17 December 2018Taiwan has set a tentative feed-in tariff (FIT) of NT$5.106 (US$0.166)/kWh for offshore wind farm development projects with PPA (power purchase agreements) to be signed in 2019, decreasing...
LFPO batteries gaining upper hand in UPS market, says CAEC CEO
Thursday 6 December 2018LFPO (lithium ferrous phosphorous oxide) batteries have started replacing mainstream VRLA (valve-regulated lead-acid) batteries for use in UPS (uninterruptible power supply) devices...
CSC forms supplier alliance for offshore wind farm development
Thursday 4 October 2018Taiwan-based steel maker China Steel (CSC) has formed Wind-Team, an alliance of local suppliers for offshore wind farm projects, according to company executive vice president Wang...
CIP and CISI ink deal for offshore wind farm projects
Wednesday 3 October 2018Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Taiwan-based steel structure maker Century Iron & Steel Industrial (CISI) have signed a NT$16.5 billion (US$54.0 million)...
Taiwan Edison unveils PV- and wind-powered LED streetlamp
Wednesday 26 September 2018Taiwan Edison Creative Technology has unveiled an LED street lamp independently powered by a PV module, a 1,150W mini wind turbine in combination with a 1,200W energy storage batte...
Taiwan may see development of offshore wind farms completed ahead of schedule due to high feed-in tariff
Wednesday 26 September 2018Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has selected seven enterprises to develop 11 offshore wind farms with total installation capacity to reach 3.836GW in the first phase...
TIPC, local government to co-develop maintaining harbor for Taiwan offshore wind farms
Monday 30 July 2018Government-run Taiwan International Ports Corp (TIPC) has disclosed it has signed a deal with Changhua County in central Taiwan to co-develop a maintaining harbor in a coastal area...
NPI/Yushan Energy, Orsted win Taiwan bids to develop offshore wind farms
Monday 25 June 2018Canada-based Northland Power (NPI) and Singapore-based Yushan Energy have jointly won bids to develop two offshore wind farms west of Taiwan, while Denmark-based Orsted has won the...
SGRE to supply offshore wind turbines for WPD project in Taiwan
Monday 4 June 2018Spain-based Siemens Gomesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has disclosed it has signed a letter of intent to supply 80 offshore wind turbines to Germany-based WPG AG, whichwill use them in...
Teco to produce generators for MVOW offshore wind turbines
Wednesday 16 May 2018Teco Electric & Machinery has disclosed it signed an MoU with Denmark-based MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (MVOW) for outsourced production of generators for use in 9.5MW offshore wind...
Taiwan picks 7 developers for 11 offshore wind farms
Wednesday 2 May 2018Taiwan has announced the selection of seven developers from nine candidates for developing 11 offshore wind farms, with total installation of 738MW scheduled for completion by the...